.so why do children complain so much to their parents?
Free will and a whiny nature when immature. In my universe, they wouldn't complain.
Wouldn't you end that behavior in your children if you could excise the free will that lets them make that choice, if you could push a button on them and they never whined again, just asked reasonable questions in a pleasant tone? Of course you would. So would I. This idea that free will is a gift from a loving God that issues commandments to be obeyed is incoherent. The plain fact is that our minds are inherited from preliterate creatures that had to make decisions to find food, and to escape predation and other danger, and though we do more with our minds than that, we also do that. At the same time, we have higher cognitive (language, reason) and affective centers (conscience) that often send conflicting messages, and a tug-of-war ensues in the mind. Optimally, our better selves make the decisions, as when the beast within wants a cigarette while the higher self is trying to quit. Sometimes, the beast prevails, and we shame it, calling it the sinner and cursing ourselves for being weak.
This would not be happening if I were the deity. There would be only one mind in an individual, only one will resulting from a brilliant reasoning faculty and a benevolent conscience, and the idea of free will would be of no interest to the religions. And I would program that mind to reason impeccably and make honorable moral choices. Why would I want any other output from my children?
This is another problem for the faithful - why didn't their deity make man like that if it could? Instead, they have to argue as if they believe that free will was a gift from God. They argue that it pleases Him, and describe what I have described for optimal minds as being robots because they have only benevolent and intelligent desires. But that's just apologetics for why we don't see this kind of mind in men more often. Some seem to have subdued the beast and become "robots."
They see doing their homework as suffering, for example.
Yes, they do, but so what? Their parents see the benefit of it.
You might say that that applies to gods as well, that they see the benefit of what I'm calling gratuitous suffering, gratuitous here meaning "lacking good reason," but I don't buy that that is the case, that such suffering is beneficial. You might ask how I know that I am correct, and I would answer that I don't, but I need a reason to believe that I am.
Almighty God can do as He wills .. just don't expect an instant response
You're writing to an atheist. I don't expect anything from gods, and of course they can never disappoint if they don't exist. Only those expecting an answer to prayer, for example, can be disappointed by a nonresponse.
human beings lack patience
How long do you recommend waiting for an answer from a god before deciding that none will be coming? For me, it's been decades already, and I'm running out of decades.
Almighty God clearly DOES prefer that suffering exists
Or doesn't exist, or can't prevent it, or doesn't care. That's not a respectable god.
only satan would claim that they could make a universe that excels that of Almighty God.
Really? I just did. Does that make me Satan? I'd take it. I could do a lot of good with those powers as well.
Both men and angels have responsibility, but angels are not accountable for their actions .. they do the bidding of God,
You say that like it's a bad or lesser thing than having the ability and desire to do harm.