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Comparing Olson's Struggle Between Evil And Suffering

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Olson pushes further, however, and insists that Calvinists ignore the issues that happen in the world such as: childhood diseases, abused children, and the Holocaust; when they speak of God’s sovereignty. I can understand the frustration that Olson must suffer, but Olson’s notion that the creator God permitted evil and suffering doesn’t solve his dilemma any more appropriately than Calvinism does. Why would a loving God create the universe when He knew the massive pain and injustice that would commence upon Adam and Eve tasting the forbidden fruit? Olson seems to prefer the idea that God created a world that He knew would fall, and had no particular purpose in mind when He did so. However, Calvinists prefer to see all history as having a point,
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