In the OP the scope was described as "The scope: the nature of evil and its ultimate origin according to the Scriptures -- and how God employs evil to bring about good."
We seem to have wandered quite far afield.
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I have asked other Admins to take a look at it, but my personal feeling is if you wish to use Genesis and creation to support meaning of the word towards the issue of creating Evil, then that's fine. BUT...you need to tie the two together in whatever message is involved.
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