I have thought about this many times. If this is the case, why do some people suffer so much more than others? What’s the purpose of those who don’t suffer much? And why is it dragging on for so long? if you take into account the history of life on earth, since animals suffer too, then cavepeople existed for hundreds of thousands of years, then civilised humans for thousands of years, billions of humans and probably millions of trillions of other lifeforms. Why does god need the suffering to drag on for so long? Not to mention why does it need to experience the same suffering over and over again? Millions of humans have experienced the same suffering as each other - millions have been enslaved, millions have been sex trafficked, millions experienced war, starvation, illness and disability, the loss of loved ones, loneliness, poverty and fear. Why does god need to experience these things from billions of different perspectives over and over again?

If there is some kind of higher purpose for all of this then I think it’s more likely that we’re supposed to be using the natural bad things in life, such as lack of necessities, illness, natural disasters etc as an opportunity to show love and care and help to our fellow humans. Obviously humanity in general is failing miserably at this though, and even making matters worse.