(cont)  I asked (and continue to ask myself) just what kind of god would allow such horrors....what kind of god would prolong my friend's life under such conditions and would take the lives of these two young men?  These are but two examples of circumstances which make me question the existance of god.  I can only conclude when I look at the evilness, the pain, the sorrow and the inhumanity around us; if there is a god, he, she, it, they must not be very kind.  Frankly, I'm more comfortable not knowing if there's a god, than believing the is a god with  such capacity for cruelty.  Gary Crum