In the end, the logic of the greater-good position makes the good necessary which in turn makes the evil necessary. If the evil is necessary to this world and it is God’s creation, this makes evil necessary to the plan and purpose of God. At this point, it is difficult if not impossible to escape the conclusion that God is not only responsible for evil, He actually planned the evil—it is His will. If God wills evil while at the same time condemning evil, God acts contrary to Himself, and at that point, all of Christianity collapses.
An extreme view of the sovereignty of God seems to necessitate that God is the origin of evil.
