Question for believers. Why does god get to have absolute power?

Question two: Do people really think god is doing something? If he is, then what is he doing? For example, look at places like Haiti, Bosnia, Darfur. Christians or Muslims will say "I will pray for them" I LAUGH at this!! You mean to tell me that maybe, if we pray enough, god will realize "hey this is wrong, I should probably fix this!"

Question three: Why do bad things happen at all?