A question of trust

'What is the point of God if he lets so many people die?' someone said to me quite recently. A fair ...

'What is the point of God if he lets so many people die?' someone said to me quite recently. A fair question even if you are religious, I thought. And then the same person said: "And what is the point of pensions if the insurance companies running them manage to lose so much of my money?" The bloke was on my page at last. Frankly, I was stumped and then we got into a bit of a discussion - he actually used the word metaphysical, but I have not had the chance to look up what that means - questioning all the things in life we are supposed to accept. Some stuff we all have to take on tr...