The Problem of Theodicy

I see that, in the wake of the Haitian earthquake, the Rev. Giles Fraser has used the event to ponder on the problem of theodicy. And it is true that I find it astonishing that many of the survivors thanked God for their deliverance, rather than having a wake-up call and deciding that either (a) He doesn’t exist or (b) He is a really evil and twisted bastard. However, I can’t help but feel that this paraphrase of Fraser’s words also has a ring of truth about it.