source: that premise might be true if God's purpose were to create a comfortable environment for His human pets. on the Christian view, we are not God's pets. the purpose of life is not happiness, as such, but rather the knowledge of God and His salvation  which will ultimately bring true happiness. many evils occur in life which are utterly pointless with respect to producing human happiness.  But they may not be pointless with respect to producing a deeper knowledge of God. # Dr. Curley would have to prove that there is another world that God could have created with this much knowledge of God and His salvation but with less evils.
target: that premise might be true if God's purpose were to create a comfortable environment for His human pets. on the Christian view, we are not God's pets. the purpose of life is not happiness, as such, but rather the knowledge of God and His salvation  which will ultimately bring true happiness. many evils occur in life which are utterly pointless with respect to producing human happiness.  But they may not be pointless with respect to producing a deeper knowledge of God. And since If he wants to reject the claim, he has to consider the relation between evil and salvation. Dr. Curley would have to prove that there is another world that God could have created with this much knowledge of God and His salvation but with less evils.