How does religion explain birth defects?

[Rayaan]

I think the consensus around here is, if there is a God, and there is an afterlife, then we would prefer to be in Hell than in Heaven, given the choice between obeying a mad and tyrannical deity and hanging with Lucifer by the Lake of Fire listening to some Hendrix and smoking a fat reefer.

Wow, atheists are very crazy then.

But trust me, Hell is not a good place to hang around in. There's a lot of fire and torture happening there if it exists.