If, as so many people pretended to believe, there was an infinitely loving God, how was it that this helpless creature that He had made was condemned to suffer?
It had never done any harm, and was in no sense responsible for the fact that it existed.

Was God unaware of the miseries of His creatures?
If so, then He was not all-knowing.

Was God aware of their sufferings, but unable to help them?
Then He was not all-powerful.

Had He the power but not the will to make His creatures happy?
Then He was not good.

No; it was impossible to believe in the existence of an individual, infinite God..