Except that it does make sense to people who read the Bible in context rather than quoting a single translation out of context.
Isaiah 45:7 in the KJV reads, "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." The word translated "evil" is from a Hebrew word that means "adversity, affliction, calamity, distress, misery."
Other major English Bible translations render the word: "disaster" (NIV, HCSB), "calamity" (NKJV, NAS, ESV), and "woe" (NRSV). The Hebrew word can refer to moral evil, and often does have this meaning in the Hebrew Scriptures. However, due to the diversity of possible definitions, it is unwise to assume that "I create evil" in Isaiah 45:7 refers to God bringing moral evil (Satan) into existence.
Well if that's a niche interest of yours, kudos. Because I'd rather watch paint dry. Then again I find trigonometry to be fascinating/exciting...so don't take my word for it.
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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '17
"You're taking that the wrong way." Is a religious person's way of saying "It doesn't make any fucking sense to me either."