I don’t see how the “problem” of suffering and death works either for or against the existence of God or a good creation. If there is no God, then suffering and death just is. If there is a God, then the universe as we see it may simply be the only way to achieve what he desires to have (and we can’t justifiably conclude that it “isn’t worth it” because we can’t see it). To say “Well, God could have done it some other way” is a fallacy – how could you possibly know? To say “Well, that’s not how I would have done it if I’d been God” is simply stupid – what on earth could you possibly know about creating a universe? How exactly would you go about building a material universe peopled with conscious beings, but without all the stuff you don’t like?
So is there even really a “problem of suffering”? That suffering exists can’t be a problem for atheists. And it ought not be a problem for Christians, if they trust in a good God.
I think what’s more interesting is that, despite the above statement, both sides keenly, deeply, intuitively feel that suffering should be a problem. But… why should that be? I think this might be called “The Problem of the Problem of Suffering”…