problem of gratuitous evil

defense:I will address key points in cons counter: " In a world where everything was taken care of by god, where there was no suffering, it's very possible that less people would get to know god. "counter 1- if the god of the bible does in fact have the properties of all good, all knowing and all powerful (a point which was not contended by con), then he would be able to create a world where there was no suffering and everyone knew of him. unless my opponent can show that it is some way impossible for such a world to exist then I would again refer to Mathew 19:26, "But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible". it is my opponents burden to demonstrate a world with no gratuitous suffering and where all know god is impossible to exist or show that the bible makes a claim that would lead one to believe that such a thing is impossible for god, otherwise there is no reason to assume that an otherwise all powerful and all good god could not or would not create such a world. "What my opponent would have to show in order to have a successful argument is that there exists suffering which does not fit into either of the two categories." (not furthering the knowledge of god or caused by free will)counter - whilst this is false if my opponent fails to defeat my first counter, it is also false when relating to memory disorders or severe learning disorders. if someone has a memory or severe learning disorder, and suffers from any one of the problems I mentioned in my defense of premise 2 then the suffering must be gratuitous because such a person cannot learn from the suffering they experience, and thus could never come closer to god. the very existence of memory and learning disorders in conjunction with the other forms of suffering not caused by free will presents the potential for situations where people could suffer with no chance of gaining anything from it.another example would be people with Alzheimer's who die from painful diseases. they loose there memories and find themselves not suffering in hospital beds for no reason. they have no chance of reflecting on such situations and thus they would die suffering gratuitously.yet another example is those who have suffered and died before ever hearing of god. the bible describes god as the creator of the world, so if he was creator and all knowing, he must have created this world knowing there would be people who would die never even being introduced to him as a concept. such people would be unable to learn of him, and would suffer from nature just as much as any other, and die. such people will have likely experienced suffering that was neither caused by the free will of others nor capable of furthering their individual knowledge's of god (how could it, they had no such concept). attack:my counters serve as much as defenses as they do as rebuttals to P2 of my opponent's counter argument. if my opponent unsuccessfully attacks my argument, then (as his argument is a mirror of mine) any premise of his argument that does not agree with mine (just his P2) is false, making his argument unsound and thus inconclusive (necessarily falsifying his C1 and C2 as if his P2 is false, mine is true, and if my conclusions are true, his conclusions (as directly opposing mine) are false)