Actually, God manages everything on Earth with love, even the minds and souls of people. He is trying to keep people alive and in good shape. But when they won't accept Him, when they reject Him Who keeps them alive, he is caught in a great big quandary: give the people what they need (even though they are ignorant about what they need), or give them what they are asking for... to be separate from God (even though they often don't know the ways they are asking this).

I mean, if your son or daughter asks for the keys to the car, but then despises you, calls you bad, doesn't obey you, treats you mean, talks bad about you to others, makes friends with your worst enemy, etc., how much of it do you take? God takes it all, but finally lets people go like they are asking. Since they can't live without Him, they die... often in great torment, because they push themselves away from His saving hand.