I'm not a christian, but I grew up in a Baptist household, so I have at least a passing understanding of the Bible. Lemme know if I got any wrong.
If I'm understanding the bible correctly;
God Created heaven and Earth, Including Mankind and Angels
God is all-knowing and all-powerful
Relevant to this discussion, God created Lucifer and all the angels who sided with him.
God made Man in His image, and ordered the angels to serve them.
Lucifer, prideful of his own beauty, and envious of God's (at least perceived) favoritism of Man, and of God's position, started a rebellion in heaven and was/will be cast down into the lake of fire(aka Hell).
lucifer later tempted/took the form of the Serpent in the Garden of Eden and tempted Eve to eat of the Tree of Knowledge.
my conclusion: God, with full knowledge of what lucifer would do/become created him and set him on the path that led to his downfall, and to the Sin of Mankind.
Or to put it more simply; God created Sin through his foreknowledge of what Lucifer would become.
I'm not trying to start a shitstorm here, but this is the logical conclusion that I find myself at.
Any Christian pedes wanna poke holes in this for me?
Absolutely everything that exists, has it's exact opposite in existence as well. The goodness and innocence of Adam and Eve was the opposite of the darkness Lucifer represents. They had immunity to being harmed by evil, by being obedient to God. Their disobedience was their downfall, but I think it was inevitable. Humans are curious and rebellious. Every action and decision, every thought, is a creation. And has some result. Learning this is like fine-tuning your own frequency. I don't pretend to understand every lesson in the Bible in fact I don't know it well at all. But I do recognize the principles of free will and personal accountability. Living with a conscience does not require religion. But following and loving Jesus in a personal relationship, is life-changing. Once you come to understand that that you matter to God, you want to have the intentions of your heart, be in harmony with your actions. This is the key to peace of mind.
" Living with a conscience does not require religion." You are assuming conscience is only good thoughts. Good conscience has to have some moral guidance to be formed.
EG I know a family that steal all the time. They raised their kids to steal. So these kids grew up thinking thats the right thing to do.
I also know a man who repeatedly beat his wife. Now his sons do the same and think there is nothing wrong with that.
At the very minimum they needed to be taught the 10 Commandments (even though its been removed from govt buildings and schools).