History Main / EvilStoleMyFaith

* Imam ''believes'' this to be the case in ''Film/PitchBlack'' with Riddick. Turns out that, after all the harshness that has been his life, it's actually a [[ThereIsAGod couple]] of [[GodIsEvil different]] tropes that Riddick believes.
* In ''[[{{Cube}} Cube Zero]]'', [[spoiler:at the end of the titular DeathTrap filled labyrinth any survivors are asked if they believe in God. If they say "no", the Cube's operators press a button marked "No" which causes the survivor to be incinerated. When the new operator asks what the button marked "Yes" does, the other much older operator says ''he doesn't know'': ''no one'' has ever said "Yes".]]

* There was an throwaway gag in one episode of ''{{Frasier}}'' where he learnt that a radio show he hated had received national syndication. Frasier's response was something along the lines of "Well, that's great news for her - and also for the many atheists who will welcome this new proof of their theory."

* How much ego does it take to assume God's entire purpose is making ''your'' life easier?

* A favorite AuthorTract in ''Comicbook/TheBoys''.
* ''{{Firefly}}'' Backstory is that Mal lost his faith at the Battle of Serenity.

* A favorite AuthorTract in ''TheBoys''.

Please note that this trope is about questioning a benevolent God's existence because of a single bad event. If God is confirmed not to exist in this particular universe, it's ReligionIsWrong. When God ''is'' confirmed to exist and [[GodIsGood also confirmed to be good]] but lets the bad event happen anyways, you have the OmniscientMoralityLicense.

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' uses an extremely dark take on this in the backstory of [[spoiler: Miyo Takano, making this trope the root cause of the Endless June]].

* One of the oldest arguments against a benevolent omnipresent God's existence is "If God is so and so, how does he let bad things happen?" ThatOtherWiki has more [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil here ]].

* One of the oldest arguments against a benevolent omnipresent God's existence is "If God is so and so, how does he let bad things happen?" ThatOtherWiki has more [[here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil]].

* There was an throwaway gag in one episode of ''{{Frasier}}'' where he learnt that a radio show he hated had received national syndication. Frasier's response was something along the lines of "Well, that's great news for her - and also for the millions of atheists who will be thrilled by this vindication."
* A favourite AuthorTract in ''TheBoys''.

** The episode also has Kyle [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the [[Literature/TheBible story of Job]] by asking how the God who would punish a decent man just to prove a point to Satan could possibly be considered benevolent. It doesn't help that his parents forgot the last part of the story where God rewards Job,and gives him more than what Job had before he lost everything.

* One of the oldest arguments against a benevolent omnipresent God's existence is "If God is so and so, how does he let bad things happen?".

->''"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."''
-->-- Psalms 14:1, Literature/TheBible

* One of the oldest arguments against a benevolent omnipresent God's existence is "If God is so and so, how does he let bad things happen?". It's close to this trope, but isn't such an obvious fallacy; in fact, theodicy, a big branch of theology, exists to counter this argument.

Many a HollywoodAtheist uses this fallacy as a justification, while a NayTheist believes he exists but still doesn't like the guy.

Please note that this trope is about questioning a benevolent God's existence because of a single bad event, which is a fallacy. If God is confirmed not to exist in this particular universe, it's ReligionIsWrong. When God ''is'' confirmed to exist and [[GodIsGood also confirmed to be good]] but lets the bad event happen anyways, you have the OmniscientMoralityLicense.

* Justin in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' upon seeing [[TheStoic Susan's]] [[TastesLikeDiabetes "kitty face"]], thinks to himself that there is no god.

Please note that this trope is about questioning a benevolent God's existence because of a single bad event, which is a fallacy. If God is confirmed not to exist in this particular universe, it's ReligionIsWrong. When God ''is'' confirmed to exist and [[GodIsGood also confirmed to be good]] but lets the bad event anyways, you have the OmniscientMoralityLicense.

See also CrisisOfFaith. The direct opposite is, of course, ThereIsAGod. Compare GodIsDead. Also compare AGodIAmNot, where a godlike being refuses to be called "God".

* Setsuna F. Seiei of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00]] believes that there is no God after his traumatic childhood. To summarize, he (and a number of other children from his hometown) were convinced to become ChildSoldiers by an AxeCrazy mercenary in what he described as a "holy war."

->''"The fool hath said in his heart, [[TropeNamer There is no God]]. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."''

May be used in three common ways.

# Played for drama: a character [[CrisisOfFaith loses his faith]] after something bad happens.
# Used semi seriously: "Man, this world '''sucks'''".
# PlayedForLaughs.