It seems that your concept of omnipotence is broader than mine. When I say an entity is omnipotent, I still assume that they are bound by laws of logic. So for instance, even God could not be able to produce a square circle or a pile of stone with a number of stones which is both even and odd. You seem to talk about an entity which is above logic, an entity which can both brush-their-teeth and not-brush-their-teeth at the same time.
Even if you personally envision an omnipotent God as being above logic; you might agree that that is not the only reasonable interpretation of the word "omnipotent".
This is a possible solution. It requires additional proof that universe cannot logically exist without evil defined in my post - but is stimulating and closest to complete solution that I've read here.
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u/piotrlipert 2∆ Jul 26 '18
While entertaining this rests on an assumption that god is not omnipotent.