Why did God create Evil?

[Chad32]

You're over thinking this.

All (to the extent of my knowledge) religions have a villian(s) and Hero(es).

It's to add balance and depth to the storyline. There wouldn't be a good story out of a hero who skipped through a field of daisies to find a magical rose and skipped back, but not before having a nap and some chocolate milk.

I mean, I enjoy those kind of stories. But, apparently, humanity likes to be self-absorbed and pushy on their opinions and experiences.

Kudos to whoever can guess my favorite Philosopher based on what I've said.

Obviously, we can't determine the nature of a 'god' without first understanding what we mean when we call something a 'god'.

And trying to make sense of a canaanite war god that was written by people who have no common sense and are a group of the most hateful, promiscuous and bitter people in history is just going to be a headache.
^Not anti-Semite. >Anti bible authors< (I'm part Jewish from my mom's side)

We need evidence before we go willy-nilly.

The problem is that the "hero" of christianity is an unbeatable, invincible individual. Boring invincible heroes don't make for exciting stories.

We've learned a few things about the old Hebrew since then, you need to update yourself. As far as sin being different from evil that's just crazy, you do not want to think you do evil when you sin, typical, don't want to take responsibility for your own actions. God states over and over that sin is evil.

Just because Yahweh is claimed to have said it, doesn't make it true. I'm not saying I never do anything wrong, and I don't reject christianity just because I want to keep doing what I want to do. I reject it because I don't think the character is worthy of worship, and I don't think the book is coherent enough to be inspired by a divine being that's actually competent.