[God creates devils? Goodness! And you call this “Christianity?”]
I offer for your consideration, Proverbs 16:4 “The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”
Is that what Jesus taught? Where is Christ in Prov 16? Therein lies the problem.
Besides, the NAB says "The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Quite a difference from "for himself."
It's interesting that KJV translates the Hebrew word "ma'aneh" as answer no less than seven times, but in this particular case it translates it (one and only time) as "for himself!" How curious! Smacks of an agenda to me.
The Septuagint (LXX) actually omits this verse along with verses 1, 3, and 6 of the Masoretic Text)!
So, how do you expect an Orthodox Christian to consider Prov 16 with that verse in it?