" If evil is of a substance then it has its origins with...

" If evil is of a substance then it has its origins with God,"

The Bible shows he creates it, for his purpose and use for a means, so we can't hide from this fact, which most do.

The Bible shows, that before God had the Gens creation plan in mind, his firstborn inner creation was for a Jesus to be and in that plain, he was to be slain and all other things were created for this future one.
And Lo - Behold, Gens creation, it would appear this path of what happened, was part of the plan?????????

It doesn't look like a matter to me, that God just foreknew things.

Naturally the above, will rock all said Christians boats

That then raises the subject, predestination and whether there is actually free will or not, as clearly for some, as per the Bible, what they did was predestined for a purpose.

OH the mysteries lol