Why does God allow tragedy?

[Karadeniz]

5. Prodigal son: the father/source/god never leaves its world. Never helps the

son, never sends him money, never sends anyone to see how son is doing. There are religions that tie a supreme, perfect creator/consciousness into this physical world, but Christianity isn't one of them. The writers of the parables decided a lesser deity called the demiurge, nickname the carpenter, had created the material world. Since the demiurge was removed from the perfection of the father/source, it created an imperfect world where bad things happen, armies trounce through villages, killing and stealing food, plagues take over, babies lose their mothers in childbirth. As in the prodigal son, the son/soul must get itself back to perfection on its own steam. The mechanisms of karma and reincarnation are how the soul perfects itself, bringing perfection to this world since soul creation comes from the father/source, not the demiurge.