Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Isaiah 45:7
KJV: "
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things."
Evil:
1. Morally bad or wrong; wicked, 2. Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful, 3. Characterized by or indicating misfortune; ominous.
NIV: "
I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things."
Disaster:
1. An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe; 2. A grave misfortune, and 3. A total failure.
ESV: "
I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things."
Calamity: 1. An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster, 2. Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy; 3. Any great misfortune or cause of misery; in general, any event or disaster which produces extensive evils, as loss of crops, earthquakes, etc., but also applied to any misfortune which brings great distress on a person; misfortune; distress; adversity.
I think it's highly unlikely that we will ever see a devout Christian admit openly that their God creates evil, as the Bible clearly states in Isaiah 45:7. The popular "God is love" theme is the crux of Christianity. It's part of the established evangelical ploy a lot of Christians will use to entice unbelievers into converting to Christianity. Of course, Christians will vehemently deny that their "loving, merciful" God creates evil or disasters and calamities. Christians are more likely to attract converts with feel-good messages like "God is love!" or "God loves you!" rather than with "God is love, but you should know that the Bible says that our loving God deliberately creates evil, disasters, and calamities that inflict pain and suffering on countless people throughout the world." That's not an enticing message.
How many people do you think Christians would persuade to convert to Christianity if they used a few of the horrifying biblical stories as part of their evangelical conversion strategy, such as God forcing a rape victim to marry her rapist; dashing infants' heads against rocks; ordering the death of witches; ordering his chosen people, the Israelites, to kill every man, woman, child, and infant from other nations; and God drowning every living person on earth, with the exception of one family, in a global flood? I think that it makes sense that Christians would vehemently reject the idea that God is the cause of evil, catastrophes, and calamities. It makes sense that they would blame humans or Satan for all the evil in the world instead of blaming their "loving, merciful" all-knowing and all-powerful God.