why do bad things happen to good people?

It was almost 7pm, time for one of the prime time shift programs. (yung sa RPN) if there were a million things to do , this is not the time to do them. It's my Holy See TV prime time! That's what I thought. All of a sudden, Lola was in the sala, came up from my side and handed me a VCD saying, "pruba daw kita coneste noy. ya dale lang ese si pastor alya na church." ["can we try this "noy", it was given by pastor at the Church"] at first glance it looked like a national geography movie with images of Lions all over its cover. But my interest faded after realizing it was a documentary vcd of her Christian denomination (no mention), i assumed she wanted for us to watch it so the good obedient grandson that I am, I slowly inserted the disc inside the divine dibidi, i mean the dvd player, like a nuclear physicist, about to fill a bottle cap with plutonium. or whatever. i said goodbye to prime time. I don't like to pre-empt and judge whatever the Lion vcd holds, but still it din't keep me from being disinterested. I was torned between being courteous and to being true to myself so i stayed in the sala. for the sake of courtesy and not being rude. i sat on the sofa, my attention span was about to break new records. but i was ready to whatever secrets and revelations the vcd was about to unveil. A few minutes has passed. The lady in the screen isn't making any sense. it looked like she's talking but i can't seem to listen. She was speaking in english alright, i see her lips moving and i hear the words but I couldn't make out a thought out of the words. If Luci's brushing over my shoulder taunting, whispering in my ears,"hey, you don't actually believe this shit?," then i guess he's doing a fine job. But then my ears are plugged. rivermaya song. both earphones at full volumes. A pastor preaching, I can't stop myself to listen to people who have something to say especially a good persuasive speaker. a challenge. he says, "Basically, most of the youth asks this question the most,'why do bad things happen to good people.?'" Ten years ago I wouldnt be surprised if someone had an answer to this, but last night i felt bewildered. I can't believe he's going to answer the question. i turned off the radio. he's whole point was if you lack faith in God, trouble will come to you. that the incident of a kidnapped kid was due to the parents trusting a complete stranger. something like that. that the choices we make reflect our faith in God, on how we see people and handle situations. i was disappointed. he was simply saying that trouble will come to people who make the wrong choices. i was hoping he could explain why innocent kids who have no one not even parents, die due to hunger. or at least he could have admitted that there did not exist a single Good soul in the Hiroshima bombing. that the people in many parts of the world who have died of famine and war could have had a choice. that the tragedy in Aceh, Indonesia was a destined plan to gather thousands of sinful souls and be brought to their graves. why do bad things happen to good people? sana nanood na lang ako nang tv.