I like the way Rabbi Michael Lerner addressed this issue. Someone once asked him why God allowed so many terrible and unfair things to happen in the world. He replied, "I want to start with the fact that I don't know, that there is a limitation of knowledge and understanding built into being a human being at this stage in the development of the consciousness of the universe. . . . Having said that, I want to consider several lines of possible response, so long as you understand that I know these are not answers but only responses. . . . The difference is this: an answer seeks to dissolve the question, a response recognizes the ongoing validity of the question and seeks to remain in connection with it."

— Michael Lerner, The Big Questions by Lama Surya Das