Death, suffering, platypuses and echidnas

• It is very surprising (given some appropriate background) that there are platypuses.
• It is very surprising that there are echidnas.
• That there are echidnas is not very surprising given that there are platypuses.

Likewise:

• It is very surprising given theism that persons die.
• It is very surprising given theism that persons suffer.
• That persons suffer is not very surprising given theism and the fact of death.

Therefore, the problem of suffering does not go very far beyond the problem of death.

And of course let me add that it is also very surprising given naturalism that persons die. (For that persons die entails that persons live.)