Yeah, the world is incredibly unequal. I do think it's generally not explained well (or even understood well), and for most, they either ignore it, or acknowled

Yeah, the world is incredibly unequal. I do think it's generally not explained well (or even understood well), and for most, they either ignore it, or acknowledge it and consciously set it to one side until it clicks. I'll bite though on the religious bit (I'm a practicing Christian). I think people give unsatisfying answers because a base assumption is that God can do anything. But really, there are things God cannot do, or he would cease to be God... Add in Christ's atonement making up for all injustices and pains, the ability to choose as paramount our being, and our existence extending beyond both ends of this mortal existence. And then I think we have most of the pieces necessary to construct an answer that's not entirely dissatisfying. I'm not here to discuss it per-say, just wanted to say that I think most (religious) people build their arguments from some unchecked assumptions that lead to unsatisfactory results. (As a mostly irrelevant aside - if you've ever read the second MistBorn series, I think the God-like figure in that series touches well on interventions of God)