I think you asked an excellent question.
On the surface, it seems that what He created was evil, but not necessarily evil people (reshoim), who, as has been commented upon , make the choices out of bechirah… or did He?.
We know that He created evil because it says outright that Hashem will banish evil in the future…. ie, the Satan or yetzer harah, which you must then say, that He created it .
The question is why did He create evil in the first place.
More to your point…. The Gemarah says that if someone has a lust for blood, presumably being born in the Maazel Maadim month, he should, in order not to give in to murderous temptations, become a shochet or mohel.. On top of that, the malach infuses the baby with character traits subject to G-D’s instructions, but not with Yiras Shamayim…. That is left to the newbie’s choice later in life.
Can the malach then also infuse the child with a sadistic , lusty, meek, tolerant, angry, artistic, etc. streaks?
We DO see people who have certain personality traits leaning in a certain direction, or bent, let’s say.
On top of that, until bar mitzvah the child has a yetzer harah but not yetzer tov. Why?
The damage to this world since Creation done by humans with evil minds & hearts is incalculable.
Don’t know the answer.
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