Pardon me, but I think you have the definition of almighty confused. You seem to be attributing almighty with the fact that God chooses everything and doesn't allow anyone to choose, while it is clearly stated that man is a special creation who do have the will to choose.

As for the hell comment, if we had a sealed fate then no one would be going to hell. For example animals who have a sealed fate will all go to heaven IIRC, none of the angels who also have a sealed fate (of serving god without question) go to hell. So if humans had a sealed fate then god would make the fate be such that it doesn't make them end up in hell because by definition god is the most merciful, the most loving, the most kind. Simply put there would be no evil. Hell is one of the direct consequences of free will and it is there (while in this life) to encourage you to steer clear of the evil deeds that free will presents you with. God knows best.

False, I dont believe there are people borned to go to Hell, its a choice, every person has a choice of choosing a particular path like in my earlier example.

For me personally I believe:

Destiny - Humans have options, choices to affect their overall lifestyles and to affect those around them.

Fate - The Final conclusion of a life (i.e. conclusion of a book).

For example, you could be a VIP who is super rich or a important person, you could either go down a path of corruption and controversy inflicting pain to people but still live up to a ripe old age (DESTINY), or you can live a peaceful and honorable life assisting people and bringing happiness to others (DESTINY), in the end there would always be a final conclusion, you could be shot by someone who thought different from you or who was against what you may of done despite whatever path you chose (FATE).

The question is why did he create anything at all in the first place. if he is all powerful all knowing perfect being, he would know what would happen to any creation he could ever make before he even started with it.

What would be his reason to create anything?

That is false. God has given every man and woman the ability to choose whatever they'd like. But, if He really is almighty then he should be able to predict every single choice they make before they make them.

Underlined: Then why do some people spent their entire life in misery? That doesn't sound very merciful to me.

Bolded: That is the result of the randomness I have claimed in several posts in the past, some people are lucky, others are not. Nothing is absolute in this world, anything can happen at any time (by random occurrence / mispelled?).

Let me put it as a video game example since this is a video game forum: Say for an example a creator of a MMO opened the game, people can come in and create characters and such, however one day the GM (Game Master) decided to not intervene with whatever happens, such as bugs, glitches , etc. People have to continue playing around them or manipulating that bug/issue to their own advantage.

Its the same way irl. (might be a bad example, but a amusing one if you think about it xD).

Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?

^ I would come down to this out of the 4.

Evil comes from the lack of Good, just like Cold comes from the lack of Heat or Darkness from the lack of light.

This world isnt perfect in terms of what is best, but it is best in terms of nature, the existence of two polar opposites.

As for the misery comment, it only seems unfair when you consider this world as the end and don't consider the afterlife. What you say is true, if god was indeed fair and merciful, why did he give us a life where we are able to eat food 3 times a day while there are people in the world who struggle to eat food even once a day? The answer to that is simple, in the afterlife every person will be judged accordingly to what kind of life that they were granted with and what kind of life that they chose to live. Someone who was incredibly rich and had a very easy life in this world will have a far harsher judgement as opposed to someone who lived their life in pain, misery and poverty. Such is to bring justice. And remember, the afterlife is eternal. In simple maths, infinity minus any number still gives you infinity, so the afterlife is far more important. Again, god knows best.

I actually really appreciate the civilized discourse of this thread, normally these threads tend to become religion bashing threads all too soon, and I have commend the OP keeping the scope of the discussion within good bounds.

Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?

^ I would come down to this out of the 4.

Evil comes from the lack of Good, just like Cold comes from the lack of Heat or Darkness from the lack of light.

This world isnt perfect in terms of what is best, but it is best in terms of nature, the existence of two polar opposites.

If he is almighty then he knows whether you will end up in heaven or hell the second (and before that) you are born. Your free will can't change that.

The fact that he is able to do it and not do it simutaneously in this realm gives him the right to hold such a title. (or maybe I misunderstood your post o.O?).