Why did god create evil?

[Angrboda]

When atheists reach the point of realizing the difference between tradition and theology, they understand that the Old Testament is the atheist’s best friend.

What the hell does that even mean?

Well, that means that one would be able to discern Hebrew theological fantasies from traditional legends.

Telling me what it would enable me to do is not telling me what it means. Not to mention that you've essentially simply restated your first statement using different words. You remind me of the Scientologists I recently spent time with and asked them, given their advocacy of human rights, just what a [human] right is. They responded that all humans have them, if you're human, you automatically have them. Alas, I wasn't interested in who possessed them, but what exactly one was. Your answer is similar, and appears to be little more than a tap dance to avoid actually answering the question.