Why God Allows People To Do Evil...

The Bible reveals that God allows humans to have freedom of choice.
He didn't stop Adam and Eve from eating the forbidden fruit or Cain
from murdering his brother.. ( Genesis 3:6, 4:8 )

God did, however , stop an ancient world of gross evil ,
but only after centuries of violence among human beings and rampant inhumanity to each other..
( Genesis 6:11 -12 )

To do so , God had to destroy the majority of the human race
( Genesis 6:5-7)

God didn't prevent his own nation -- ancient Israel --- from sinning.
The people were exhorted to choose the way of love and life..
( Deuteronomy 30:19-20 )

But God didn't prevent them from opting for the way of evil ,
which they did.

The apostle Paul also wrote about humanity's free choice to do
good or evil.

Once again , it's plain that God wasen't in the business of forcing people
who do bad things to become good.

He simply gave such people over to " the sinfull desires of their hearts ".
( Romans 1:24, new international version ),

They engaged in greed, depravity , slander , murder , ruthlessness
( Verses 26-31 )

This hurt innocent people terribly.
God was infuriated by what they did , and pronounced their penalty--
death ( verse 32 )

But he didn't stop them from being abusive to others.

Why not ? Why didn't he-- Why doesn't he ?