You mentioned two arguments in your post that are often heard from religious people:
Originally Posted By: Dooley
However when it comes down to some of the most important areas, like how life actually began, evolutionists still admit that they don't know. This is where Intelligent Design comes in. Let me repeat that the idea of Intelligent Design is different than Creationism. Intellignet Design does not mean that evolution didn't happen, it's simply an alternate explaination of HOW evolution happened.

You were talking of biogenesis, not evolution. Evolution is a theory of how life evolved, but not of how it began. Science indeed does not know yet how it began, but that does not mean "Intelligent Design" has any merits: There are at least ten different plausible scientific theories about the start of life. None of them requires an intelligent designer. We just have not enough observations yet to determine which of the theories is correct, or if another theory is required.

Originally Posted By: Dooley
On your other point, unfortunatly entire villages of people do burn down in this world. If we believe in God, we have to accept that God allows suffering to happen, and it's really not hard to understand. Suffering is part of life, a part we would probably prefer to do without, but part nonetheless. Suffering actually has a very useful purpose, the pain of touching a fire is no fun, but without it, you might not notice your hand burning off. So for a believer, suffering is just a tool which God uses to teach us about the consequences of our actions.

More often than not, suffering is not a consequence of our actions. It is caused by diseases, earthquakes or other natural catastrophes. In this case it does not teach anything - besides, the people to be taught are already dead. So why would a God cause suffering?