One could point out that a change in word does not make light of or change the statement. Even if evil was replaceable, it is quoted in the bible several times over, with the same meaning. Someone else causing evil |ie misery|, would be the hold the same meaning as god creating evil | ie misery|.
" I make peace, and create | adversity, affliction, calamity, distress misery, woe|" they are all synonyms of the word evil. God still creates horrible actions, from affliction to misery, quite immoral.