God created us for a reason. You do not create something if you dont need it. So if we exist it's because someone needs us, or what we produce. God then left a guide, so humans by themsleves will either choose to listen to Him, or be burnt by their animal tendencies. The whole point of mankind is to rise above the level of animality. We are grown like grass, improved like wine. Being human is a stage between being an animal, and something else. The only way to make good use of one's energy, "libido", is to work to build, create, to fight to defend and develop life, have meaninful emotional and sexual relationships. Those who believe in false religions or believe in absurdity, atheists, will make bad use of their life, their daily dose of energy. The only good way to make good use of this energey is to follow our Creator's guide he left us.
We dont choose to exist, to breath, our only choice is between good and evil, between light and darkness, between coldness or heat. We are links of a gigantic chain, of an experience, of a process. Molecules in a tube. A constant process of selection is at work. So no, God doesnt manipulate anyone like a muppet, we are "free" to choose to follow him or not, tho. This is our only "free will". But cant escape the rules of the game.
If God only left the Bible for the selection to happen between humans, if he doesnt directly modify,change anything in our existences, still, he has to verify once in a while the level of advancement of the experiment, so He, they, probably and logically check what's going on on here once in a while. But He doesnt interact with us. He said after the great flood, that he would never ever do such a thing again. That we would be left only with the Bible. Sometimes using the most miniscule things on earth he sends signs directly to humans by controlling directly life forms tho.
It is also interesting to notice that dinosaurs /vegetal remains produced oil that we are using nowadays, but that all of this has been destroyed by "meteors" coming from the sky... probably on purpose. It is at the same time interesting to notice that when God was still flying over the Earth with His "Glory", he destroyed sodome with... balls of fire coming from the sky after His angels left it with the only decent humans spared there.
Do not forget the Bible was written to be understood by our ancestors who were less evolved than us. But what can be understood by someone that is not very evolved, still can be (has to be) understood by someone of greater intelligence, ie some people of our times. This is why what was true, still is true, will always be true and that is why the Bible is perfect, because it is of Divine origine, while every others religions / systems of belief coming from humans, are false.
This will probably give you a more precise idea of what Heaven is
