The problem of Heave illustrates theists’ inconsistency and ever resorting to excuse for the indifference of God to human and other animal suffering.
Before delving into that inconsistency, I note what Burton Porter states; There could be less evil as a contrast to the good or - better still, the contrast could be amongst good, better and best. It is not necessary for people to suffer in order to supererogate- to go beyond the required duty- to help others. Then natural events and evil persons take away the free will of millions.
This alone purges discussion of God as being omnibenevolent.
Evil is that presence of gross pain1
We as independent beings have no moral obligation to worship God, were there He, and He’d have no right to judge us, but He faces that one-way street of being morally obligated to put us animals in a safer place!
Theists ever bleat that were matters otherwise, we’d be robots, so God is the Supreme Robot! That inconsistency blares ever so loud! Anon.
Mefiante, Lilly and Arumentum ad Homine- indeed!