Traditional Christianity teaches that the Devil is a fallen angel, part of God's creation that went wrong. This makes evil a twofold problem. New Thought, as we have seen, teaches that there is only one Presence and Power and that that Power is Good. And unlike Hinduism or Christian Science, it does not see evil as maya, illusion. If you don't believe it, kick the next flat tire you see.
Evil is good that is immature or misdirected.
It doesn't have to be destroyed or fought, any more than when you come into a darkened room and turn on the light, you have to chase the darkness away. No matter how terrible a situation seems to be, there is always good in it, because there is always God in it, for God is everywhere and all is in God. He is there as a source of all the love and intelligence that we need to deal with whatever we have to face and triumph over it. According to the process philosophy described in Chapter 6, any conversion of potentiality to actuality is, to that extent, good. To the extent that one fails to live up to the possibilities offered by God, one produces evil, or badness.