"@ Knowing that all the suffering in the world has some purpose and is not simply needless."
As regards the above point, it seems clear to me that if something like god exists, he/she/it is a sadist.
Your other "needs" for belief in miraculous answers lead to similar conclusions.
The existence of a cosmic explanation, knowable or not, to these concerns would not necessarily mitigate their horrific or nasty nature. For me, it would make the state of things as observed/experienced by humans worse.
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