Patriarch Kirill of Russia: the great gift of God...

"...the great gift of God, freedom itself - it is an opportunity to choose. God has programmed us for good - by the way, it often destroys faith in people who say, "Why doesn't God punish sinners? Where is God when things are going on...a war crime? 

...He could do it, He could create an amazing community of happy and holy men. But then those people would be holy and happy not by choice, but by the program invested therein. They would not have the image of God..."

Patriarch Kirill of Russia