If one is capable of believing in God and all that is good, then one should be capable of believing in an evil one and all that is bad.
Having said this I recalled the momentous incident involving Adam and Eve. They originally lived in a spectacular paradise. They could have continued to experience paradise. They chose not to. They were given permission to enjoy the wonderful fruit of all the trees in the garden (except one). They even enjoyed the tree of life. In other words, they savored life itself.
However, there was one tree from which they were instructed not to eat. They were essentially instructed not to eat of this tree as a way of saying they were not to make themselves God. God is God, they were not. It is He that would determine what was good and it is He that would declare what was evil. They should not.
Tragically, they chose to violate the prohibition. In violating it, they attempted to make themselves God. They attempted to define what is good and what is evil, what is bad, what is right, what is just, what is true.
If one understands human heart is drawn toward that which is wrong, then it brings to the fore the reality that any authentic good can come only from reconnection with and submission to God, the source and definer of all that is good.
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