Christianity versus the epicurean paradox?

God is both willing and able and yet he respects his creation enough to allow it choice. He sets up a perfect system that if everyone would follow everything would be perfect. However, people decide not to follow it and evil comes into the equation because evil is simply not God. It is because God loves us so much that he allows us to keep free will and make a choice that evil is in the world. One day the time of decision will end and then God will step in and end evil, but that is the last day and so we have to deal with the evil of men's choices and the forgiveness of God.