I want to clarify that I realize that the story of Adam and Eve with the serpent is a myth, but this myth has transcended throughout the ages as being something of a truth. The truth being that we are inherently evil and NOT inherently good. We have to have God to be good. This, to me, is flawed. Especially when we consider ultimate origin theory relative to God.
I have no problem with God being good and evil. Actually, if we are going to consider God then it is a heck of a lot easier to rationalize God as being both. All of this “God created everything but is only good” insight is nothing more than confusion from a logical standpoint. It refutes itself throughout the argument. Sure we can rationalize it, but we can rationalize anything. People apply freewill losely in regards to evil, but no one deems that freewill itself is a creation of God. The creation of freewill is an abstract application because we understand that the capacity for evil is found within freewill itself. God creates freewill, then God creates the capacity for evil. Plain and simple.
Now if God is both good and evil and doesn’t need supernatural miracles to prove itself; then this, to me, is a rational God. All of this mumbo-jumbo about God only being good and this can be proven through miracles is a bunch scapegoating to cover up irrational propositions and augment former beliefs. It has however been done very poorly in my opinion.
God cannot be innocent of evil and create the universe alone. Something is wrong here. Freewill isn’t an answer. It is a vague rationalization to distort the point as opposed to exploring it.