'the evolutionary scapegoat'

It is not true that my grandfather said that GOd is evil/unjust though he would probably agree somewhat with what you wrote up to this point while it was true that as he was dying an Episcopal Priest and Stan came to the same understanding on Prayer. Evolution is certainly "accountable" for adapation if any biology is but it would not even be scientific creationism to assert that this covers Mercy if I have the grace to so speak.