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 I lean toward "allowed" as well. I saw a bumper sticker on someone's car the other day that read "Everything is as Allah has willed it." I thought, Really? This mess that the world is in is God's will? I look at some of the messes of my own life and can see how my choices caused them, and how that I'm sure the good God had a better plan, but allowed me to make my own mistakes. Even still, I believe He is ultimately in control and will work all things together for good. But I do think He allows more freedom in the world than some determinists like Muslims or Calvinists allow. 
 precisely, we are allowed to choose stupid, i mean evil, you know what i mean

to force us into good would ruin the whole blessing of it when we awaken to it