God, as Creator of all, is also the creator of evil. If there were no evil,Understood, although I might dispute the origin of this idea. But it
there would be no free choise and no reward for overcoming evil. The idea of
there being a powerful, almost god-like, evil being that carries on a cosmic
struggle against God is a pagan one, which found its way into some parts of
post-biblical Judaism and from there into Christianity.
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