Religions

Fro a rather lengthy period of time between The Bible's description of the creation of the world and the Bible's story of Christ's appearance on earth, man lived on earth supposedly under God's guidance. And yet, much of the civilized world worshiped, for hundreds of years, a multitude of gods - Odin, Ra, Mars, etc. If there is but one true God and he was keeping watch over the earth, why did he not step in and stop all of that nonsense? It is totally inconsistent with the story the Bible tries to teach.