User blog comment:Mgdodl/"The Gamblers" Discussion/@comment-3045936-20200204025533/@comment-98.115.189.149-20200205163015

On the other hand, if God is all knowing, he can let you make your own choices, but knows what you will choose to do. (The Monster at the End of the Book) There were comments Chuck made about people needing to learn for themselves and wanting them to learn to stand on their own. Even the ancient Greeks thought about this issue. It's a big topic in both philosophy and theology: theodicy (vindicating/ judging god) explaining how there can be an all good and all powerful God when evil also exists. This certainly relates to the way Chuck is depicted.

This subject is one of the BIG QUESTIONS. Some solve it materially, saying God isn't, and bad stuff happens (kind of how Dean was at the beginning of the series). Others have faith in God's plan and that there is a reason for the evil and good will triumph (Castiel seemed to represent this view, until he lost faith. Sam at times seemed to represent this, and somewhat Dean at times, though he struggled with it). Another view is that yes, good will triumph, but we have free will and are not forced to be part of that, and can opt out. (Sam and Dean choose to do what they believe is good. Crowley and Rowena chose to do bad)  Some solve it by saying god is not all powerful (The writers when they added Amara) or not all knowing (perhaps also the writers, when they had Chuck seem to be surprised or not know things [unless Chuck was/is faking]). Or, some decide that since there is evil, god must be bad (Lucifer thought so. Sam and Dean seem to think so now.)