Did G-D Create Evil?

Question:
Did G-d create evil? Surely, G-d made everything. So, although it is people who actually do evil, it was G-d who must have created the idea of evil.

But if G-d is good, how could He create evil?
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Answer:
Here's the paradox: goodness exists, because G-d desired it; evil exists, because G-d doesn't want it.

Evil doesn't exist, in the same way that goodness exists.

G-d wants goodness, so its existence is true and everlasting. Evil exists as a negative, something G-d doesn't want, so its existence is flimsy and temporal.

Evil is no more. than an undesirable non-entity, a path not to be taken. By doing evil acts, we give evil more credit than it deserves. Our bad choices, make evil into a truer existence, than it really is.
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In the end, evil can't prevail. It is an unwanted ghost, a temporary illusion, a thin facade. Over time, evil dissipates, no matter how menacing it may seem.

Wicked empires crumble, rotten ideas become exposed, and goodness eventually shines through. That's what G-d wanted all along, but He leaves it to us to achieve.

The only way to banish the ghost of evil, is to turn on the light of good.