your questions are easily answered. but as always , the debate about how god works boils down to one thing. it is the difference between knowing "about" god, and actually "knowing" god. it takes all the debate and guesswork out of it. obviuosly there are alot of opinions out there about what god does or doesn't do. but my question to you first of all is do you really think "all" opionions are valid about god, or is there only ONE? i guarantee you that as it pertains to god and how he works and who he is, there is only one opionion - HIS. god does not sit on his throne and say : "ok guy's , you go ahead and make up the rules. i'll just sit back and watch and see how good you are at it". that's ridiculous. that would render god to be no different than his creation. but you are right. god did create us with a free-will. you can do whatever you want. that is the beauty of god that he didn't make us robots. but as with all our choices come consequences. we can "choose" to "play god" and do whatever we want. we cannot complain when it comes back on us for disobeying his "rules". but when a person knows god and how he works they know that he is the one who decides the "boundaries" of our lives. he decides were you are born and when you die. god makes allowance for certain things to happen or take place in our life that we do not have control over in order to show us that he is there.( god is not dis-enfranchised with us. he is the designer behind the scenes of our life. most people don't realize that or give him credit for it.) sadly most people miss those "oppurtunities". for instance the lottery. NO ONE can control whether one wins or not, they can only give themselves a "chance". for the person who does not know god, or maybe they just don't know how he works, it is the "roll of the dice". random chance. pure luck. to the person who knows god and how he works, it is by "divine appointment". as far as it happening to "bad people" as well as good people, that is the way that god works. gods word says that "the rain falls on the just and the un-just". it just means that god blesses "bad people" as well for his purpose. doesn't seem fair now but all things will "equal out" someday. does this answer your question?
i have a saying when it comes to the lottery, "if you are mean't to win, you will. if you are not mean't to, you won't"
it only takes a dollar to find out. and if you win, make sure you give credit where credit is due. then keep on skipping down the road..........visiondude
"i am .........."meant to" 
P.S., that RJoH is a stand up guy. thanks, vision
until further notice, it's france everyday
