text: People are perfectly capable of making one another miserable without help from a G-d.  What makes you think \nG-d's duty is to solve man made problems?  If G-d (at least in the western Judeo-Christian concept) is capable of asking Abraham to sacrifice his son, what makes you think something wholly other is going to conform to your era-geographic specific values?  Personally I avoid the entire issue by believing in fertilizer.