In it's purest form, evil is destructive, so if a god was evil, he would destroy everything he possibly could. If he were absolutely powerful, then there would be nothing left.

If a god is just messing with us, sometimes being evil and sometimes being kind for no reason, I would argue that this god is not totally evil. He is only partially evil, since by our definition above, total evil necessitates total destruction.

So I would argue that a god who is trolling humanity is not totally evil, but also contains some good.

I think you would argue that a god who does bad 90% of the time and happens to do good 10% of the time is by definition evil. I would argue that he is 90% evil.

So in this case, we could pose the question: Where does the good in this mostly-evil god come from? Some higher power? And where does the evil come from? Some other higher power? Any god that is caught between good and evil is mostly likely being manipulated by other, higher, purer forms of good and evil. So he is not the highest power; there are higher all-good and all-evil beings above him.

In its purest form, evil is destructive, so if a god was evil, he would destroy everything he possibly could. If he were absolutely powerful, then there would be nothing left.

If a god is just messing with us, sometimes being evil and sometimes being kind for no reason, I would argue that this god is not totally evil. He is only partially evil, since by our definition above, total evil necessitates total destruction.

So I would argue that a god who is trolling humanity is not totally evil, but also contains some good.

I think you would argue that a god who does bad 90% of the time and happens to do good 10% of the time is by definition evil. I would argue that he is 90% evil.

So in this case, we could pose the question: Where does the good in this mostly-evil god come from? Some higher power? And where does the evil come from? Some other higher power? Any god that is caught between good and evil is mostly likely being manipulated by other, higher, purer forms of good and evil. So he is not the highest power; there are higher all-good and all-evil beings above him.