The problem of evil/suffering when it comes to children

[abaris]

On the problem of evil, other species are much worse. When a bear is seeking a mate, and finds a female with cubs, he kills off the cubs because a bear doesn't want to just sow his genes - "There Can Be Only ONE!!!" is it's philosophy (actually, She-Bear won't mate with him while she has cubs to raise).

Why's that worse? Because our social structure says so? Bear's evolutionary system tells him to pass on his genes. If bearess doesn't want to mate with him because of previous offspring, it's only natural to get rid of it. Lions are the same, by the way. Nature's way. We aren't superior to that. It's only more hidden behind what we call civilization. But in some cases that layer breaks. Such as with that woman, who drowned her children because her lover didn't want them.