I've been reading some books on predestination and some say God is the cause of some unpleasant things and some say God had nothing to do with unpleasant things and was caused by men. While I'm dancing back and forth swimming in the sea of doctrines and getting a little sick of the waves, how am I supposed to understand that God isn't the author of everything such as 9/11, Hitler and other not so good events and at the same time understand that God is the author of such events. Seems to me that some don't understand what, how, when why God is God and fail to recognize that God is the owner of every event. Sometimes I'm embarrassed to say God does cause evil according to His own pleasure but most of my friends and family think it's a horrific thing to say. I'm caught between two views. Is there a simpler way to understand God's pleasure?