But why does he let millions of his people, suffer, be tortured, slaughtered... After all we’re all his children, right? And the vast majority deserve none of that.
I don’t get it. Would you treat your kids like that?
That’s not a very loving God if you ask me.
What do you mean “let”? A Christian agreed to the possibility of such trials as the way into God’s kingdom, for building patience among other virtues. Look at what happened to all the apostles, just for starters.