In my opinion, good and evil are both aspects of divine spirit. However, evil occurs when the creative impetus is expressed wrongly, and good comes when it is expressed well. However, the fact that Shinto does not offer any doctrine telling you which is good or evil means you must discover...
Being an English Shintoist, it is extremely difficult to get any form of community going within my belief, in this country anyway. However, the meaning of Shinto is not limited to only those who claim belief, so I don't need a Shintoist community. Nature is community enough for me.
Just don't take any thological doctrine to heart, you'd be better off that way. Live your life as a free man, not under the influence of some false God.
The Bible presents a doctrine telling us how to live our lives, which I believe is such an act of misinterpretation of the divinity of the universe. We should find our own way, not all be mechanistic and follow some omnipotent deity which makes no sense whatsoever. The Bible is a mistake.
Christians who I have met tend to be unbothered by such things. Christianity today is so widespread that the ratio of devout Christians to those who are not is very low, so it is not surprising you are so confused about the matter.
Shinto does not have any public shrines in the UK, where I live. I am an English Shintoist, and unfortunately, there are none here.
To those who have said that Japan was not where Shinto originated, you are wrong. Shinto as a religion originated in Japan.
I am a Shintoist of 17 years old. I recently became a Shintoist after much research on that particular way of life. I joined this forum in the hope that I can aid in the spreading of Shinto to other Westerners such as myself, so,if anyone wants to debate or ask for information, feel free to add...