Leibniz -

A decent read on religion, god, original sin and evils.  I believe God/Yahweh/Allah created the Universe and everything in it thus he created evil because evil is a by-product of the Universe in some forms.

I agree with the author on some points, disagree with him on other points and can not relate to some of his points because I do not hold such views or I am indifferent to such points.  One such point I agree with the author on is that evil/hardships make good all the more great.  Who could thrive if they never suffered?  Or how great would happiness really be if we never unhappy.  So how good would the universe really be if evil did not exist?  I like how the author put it though, shadows make colors birghter.

I also agree that sometimes, a lesser evil is a kind of good and a lesser good is a kind of evil and both situations are needed for the achievement of the greater good and for the prevention of the greatest evils within the universe.  I also credit evil/suffering in the world for the advancement of the human race.  Without such evil/suffering we would be content with our human condition and would never make great advance in our condition.  Evil is needed here and there in the doses they are so greater good can happen here and there and other parts of the universe we can not know at this time.  I believe God is perfect, His Universe is perfect and that is regarded in the state of being but, we are imperfect, the Universe is imperfect and God is beyond the world of becoming as he is perfection.

In conclusion, you must take the good with the bad and the evil that happens at any one point in the universe is validated through the greater good it will produce and in the end, good prevails over evil.

I would also say, humans are mostley responsible fore moral evil; physical evil is a toss up and metaphysical evil is needed for anything to be possible at all(if of course, we are using the statements of the author as factual occurences).

PS.  I do not think we are alone in the universe, haha, this reading got me on the subject talking about other creatures and other worlds and the universe.