Why? Jordan Peterson

 On Page 151 of his book, 12 RULES FOR LIFE AN ANTIDOTE TO CHAOS, Jordan asks why: "Why is there so much suffering and cruelty?

Well, perhaps it really is God's doing--or is the fault of blind, pointless fate . . ."

My response: There is not ultimately satisfying answer to why there is so much suffering and cruelty in the world, as either there is no certain knowledge to be had of these puzzles, or humans are not intelligent to grasp such knowledge, or whose science and religion together do not yet suffice or maybe never will be powerful enough to solve such puzzles.

I think the whole world is Fate, and that the Dark Couple and the Light Couple battle eternally for power and territory, and that the allocation of power and domains ebb and flow. Fate is above, beyond and in all of that and certain knowledge of if this is how it is, this is how it must be, and this is how it will be eternally is unknown to me.

We can choose to love and follow the Light Couple, and then we can endure most suffering and then minimize our malevolent response to such embittering (if we succumb to self-pity) suffering.