But he *did* create a world void of pain. He created the world perfectly. There was no evil. Yet, He created us with free will. He created the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Perhaps that wasn't a wise thing to do, if you think that God was not all-knowing and all-powerful if sin was even able to enter the world in the first place. He created us with free will, Satan took control of that, and bam, sin entered the world. And I understand this is a lousy description, but I really am not good at explaining this, but am trying as hard as I can to do so.