[Dead Corpse]

Logic fail. Or can't you see the "lifting yourself up in a bucket" nature of what you just said?

Either God created everything, including evil and sin, or he didn't.

I'm ok with the idea he created everything, including the icky parts.

Question is, why aren't you? Don't you have faith?

[Rashputin]

Thanks for verifying that you have no idea of what the difference between Redemption and Salvation.

[AnAmericanMother]

Assuming you are seriously questioning, and not just trolling, I would suggest that you read C. S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, and, while you're at it, The Problem of Pain.

You are not the first person to have these questions. In his autobiography, Lewis discusses confronting this very issue. He answered it to his own satisfaction (and mine).

I'm inclined to consider very seriously the reasoning of a man who pulled off the "hat trick" of Firsts in Honor Mods, Greats, and English.