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I've talked to Christians about this before, and most of them have come to the conclusion that God didn't create evil, or create anything inherently sinful; rather, he created free will, and with it he created the possibility of evil, and the possibility that something inherently sinful could come to exist.
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Christian theology, however, typically maintains that our basic human nature is corrupt; that we will usually be led into sin by our instincts. Original Sin -- caused by Adam's disobedience -- was the explanation for this "fallen" state, but if the concept of Original Sin is discarded, what then accounts for human badness? The other alternative is that God created something inherently bad, which flies in the face of everything Christians profess to believe.
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Is that a crucial part of Judaism? I would tend to think it's just Christianity, since I'm not aware of any "redemption" themes in Judaism. I'm foggy on my Jewish theology though, so don't quote me on that one.
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Corrected. I only threw the "Judeo" prefix in there because Genesis is a part of the Torah.