I sometimes ponder about the nature of God.

(For me, God is an entity operating at the highest levels of causality.)

An all-powerful, all-benevolent God seems unlikely…

Why would such a God allow “evil” in the design (the argument effectively ends here), and then perhaps punish people doing “evil” deeds?

There might be God, but the nature of God might be subtler than all-powerful, all-benevolent…