[JCEccles]

You're assuming God has no further plan.

There comes a point in boot camp when almost any Marine will complain about the "stupidity," pain, and arduousness of some of the training he is required to undergo. "Why am I doing this?" he will ask himself. "The DI obviously doesn't care whether I live or die."

The older I get the more I am convinced that perfection of the soul is not possible except at the cost of the transient imperfection of the body. As God said to Paul, "My strength is made perfect in weakness."

[jrg]

You're assuming God has no further plan.

Is God omnipotent? If so, would he not know the future? If God knows the future, (his plan), then all our choices are already made, aren't they? Free will must be an illusion. For us to have free will, you'd have to argue that God doesn't know the future.To say that God doesn't know the future is to say that he is not omnipotent.
(God's Debris - Scott Adams)
Highly recommended.