Should we expect to know what God’s reason is for allowing evil and suffering?

Here is an article by Steven Cowan about the problems of evil and suffering.Intro:The problem of evil is no doubt the most serious challenge to belief in God. Even religious believers find it troubling that evil exists in the world—and so much evil! It is puzzling, to say the least, that an all-powerful, absolutely good being would allow evil to exist in his creation. And yet it does. Evil and suffering exist and they are often overwhelming in their magnitude.Now let’s find out what a nose