Why did god let my child die??
Why does god let people suffer??

If you don't, you see by observations that children, like all humans, die. You see that suffering is endemic in humans, as well. If you assume God, then you might ask such an unanswerable question. If not, the answer is clear to anyone who has lived for very long.

Why did your child die? Because it got a disease, had a defect from the time of birth, or suffered an accident or external violence.

Why do people suffer? See above.

The real answers are simple. If you assume God, however, then everything becomes a mystery.

Apparently, when you assign important functions to a deity and worship that deity, you expect that deity to do things for you, such as keep you safe, etc. That seems to me to be a rather futile thing to do. In most cases, I think, relying on an invisible deity rather than yourself would appear to be a poor choice.

One can pray to such a deity and hope for action to be taken, I think, or one can take action on one's own behalf. In many situations, the latter would seem to be more certain to be efficacious.

A person without a deity is a person who acts on his or her own choices. Sounds like a plan to me.

It is not really new, but it is now more out in the open. The republicans have now openly declared that corporations and the wealthy are now to be worshiped. If you give me most of your money, we will make your life better. Believe in us and all your worries will be gone. Sounds good to me.

The problem with this, as with all religions, that there is No proof.

doctrine, the pastor drives a current model Mercedes, while the parishioners drive 10-year-old Saturns.

It seems to be working as designed, I guess.

The Trump University Model.

This essay, by Martin Luther King, Jr., is a very interesting look into the influence the Greek and Roman mystery religions had on the early Christian church. I had not been aware of this work from Dr. King until today, when I did some research on my original post. If such things interest you, it's well worth a read, and also gives some insight into MLK. You can read it in full at the link below:

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/influence-mystery-religions-christianity

by Dr. King. "A Study of Mithraism" is a look at a religion that has many, many similarities to Christianity, but that predates it. The essay is quite interesting.

We remember MLK as a champion of civil rights, but he was also a scholar.

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/study-mithraism

A mystery is something "normal people" don't know about or understand, but the "right people" do. It derives from a Greek root meaning "closed" - eyes or mouth.