History Main / GodIsEvil

Compare and contrast UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}},[[note]]In short, Gnostics believed that the God worshiped by Jews and by the other early Christian sects was evil...but that he also wasn't really God, just a lesser celestial being with delusions of godhood.[[/note]] EverybodyHatesHades, GodOfEvil[[note]]which is trope is not to be confused with; a God of Evil is a deity, not necessarily the chief deity of the setting, that represents the concept of evil, while the trope God is Evil is about a deity that is the chief deity of a setting that is evil but whose domain is not necessarily specifically the concept of evil[[/note]], GodIsInept, GodIsFlawed, OrderIsNotGood. The flip side is SatanIsGood. See Also: GodAndSatanAreBothJerks, DevilButNoGod, NeglectfulPrecursors, JerkassGods for when the deities are not really evil but just neglectful, AbusivePrecursors for when this so called creator is beyond just guilty. Definitely the polar opposite of GodIsGood. May or may not happen with a CorruptChurch - with that, the god is not guaranteed be evil, but those who serve (or claim to serve) him are.

*** Funnily enough, back when the Emperor was alive/awake, he was a FlatEarthAtheist who outlawed all worship ([[StopWorshippingMe including worship of him]]). He tried to [[DefiedTrope Defy]] this trope and tried to fight it by banning any and all forms of religion. But since the Chaos gods are made of emotion, not faith, this failed spectacularly. Thus he was put on life support on the Golden Throne, worshiped as a God complete with human sacrifice.

** What about the [[GodEmperor God-Emperor of Man]]? OK, he wasn't as bad as several of the above examples, but he regularly ordered [[EarthShatteringKaboom Exterminantus]] of entire planets, including human planets that refused to join the Imperium on his terms or just weren't human enough, [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans all in the name of reuniting the fragmented human empire and creating utopia]]. Not to mention that he also came up with the idea to [[AbsoluteXenophobe wage wars of extermination against all aliens]]. And of course, the fact that half the Primarchs fell to Chaos in the first place can be directly traced to his complete ineptitude at seeing them as anything but tools in his conquest of the galaxy. Did we mention that a thousand humans are sacrificed to him ''every day'' to keep him alive?
*** Funnily enough, back when the Emperor was alive/awake, he was a FlatEarthAtheist who outlawed all worship (including worship of him). He tried to [[DefiedTrope Defy]] this trope and tried to fight it by banning any and all forms of religion. But since the Chaos gods are made of emotion, not faith, this failed spectacularly. Thus he was put on life support

** What about the God-Emperor of Man? OK, he wasn't as bad as several of the above examples, but he regularly ordered Exterminantus of entire planets, including human planets that refused to join the Imperium on his terms or just weren't human enough, [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans all in the name of reuniting the fragmented human empire and creating utopia]]. And of course, the fact that half the Primarchs fell to Chaos in the first place can be directly traced to his complete ineptitude at seeing them as anything but tools in his conquest of the galaxy. Did we mention that a thousand humans are sacrificed to him ''every day'' to keep him alive?
*** Funnily enough, He actually knew about this trope and tried to fight it by banning any and all forms of religion. But since the Chaos gods are made of emotion, not faith, this backfired spectacularly.

* Light Yagami in ''Manga/DeathNote'' deems himself a god trying to kill criminals so he may create a better place for all of mankind... but is also willing to kill thousands of innocent people to do so.

* The rather [[ShockingSwerve demented]] twist ending to ''Urge'' reveals that the "[[PsychoSerum designer drug]]" that is causing everyone to go insane and kill each other and themselves was created and distributed by God... played by Creator/PierceBrosnan.

* The last episode of ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel'' seems to indicate that in the universe of that series, the god of the Bible rules, and he is clearly depicted as every bit as loathsome as atheists usually contend that he is; vengeful and petty, with unreasonable standards and demands on others. He also likes to subject people to really, really bad dirty jokes, but since he surrounds himself by irredeemable toadies who pretend that his jokes are funny, isn't aware that they aren't.

Compare and contrast UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}},[[note]]In short, Gnostics believed that the God worshiped by Jews and by the other early Christian sects was evil...but that he also wasn't really God, just a lesser celestial being with delusions of godhood.[[/note]] EverybodyHatesHades, GodOfEvil[[note]]which is trope is not to be confused with; a God of Evil is a deity, not necessarily the chief deity of the setting, that represents the concept of evil, while God is Evil is a deity that is the chief deity of a setting that is evil but whose domain is not necessarily specifically the concept of evil.[[/note]], GodIsInept, GodIsFlawed, OrderIsNotGood. The flip side is SatanIsGood. See Also: GodAndSatanAreBothJerks, DevilButNoGod, NeglectfulPrecursors, JerkassGods for when the deities are not really evil but just neglectful, AbusivePrecursors for when this so called creator is beyond just guilty. Definitely the polar opposite of GodIsGood. May or may not happen with a CorruptChurch - with that, the god is not guaranteed be evil, but those who serve (or claim to serve) him are.

Compare and contrast UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}},[[note]]In short, Gnostics believed that the God worshiped by Jews and by the other early Christian sects was evil...but that he also wasn't really God, just a lesser celestial being with delusions of godhood.[[/note]] EverybodyHatesHades, GodOfEvil, GodIsInept, GodIsFlawed, OrderIsNotGood. The flip side is SatanIsGood. See Also: GodAndSatanAreBothJerks, DevilButNoGod, NeglectfulPrecursors, JerkassGods for when the deities are not really evil but just neglectful, AbusivePrecursors for when this so called creator is beyond just guilty. Definitely the polar opposite of GodIsGood. May or may not happen with a CorruptChurch - with that, the god is not guaranteed be evil, but those who serve (or claim to serve) him are.

* Another creepypasta called "In Heaven" features a reverend dying and meeting God... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, in Heaven]]. God is portrayed as a FauxAffablyEvil egotist, who created humans just to worship Him, going so far as to [[GodGuise masquerade as every other deity humanity ever worshipped]]. He also turns anybody who enters Heaven (which, in this story, is ''[[OnlyOneAfterlife everybody]]'') [[AHellOfAHeaven into mindless slaves, incapable of independent thought]]. [[DownerEnding He then does this to the aforementioned reverend]].

* ''Film/TheRapture'': Sharon comes to believe this. [[spoiler: The film indicates otherwise though, since not only believers but atheists get a chance to enter heaven if they simply accept God. Sharon is only left out by her own choice.]]

* There's a certain tribe in Africa who believe that their supreme god created humanity because he was bored and wanted something to torture. There's good news, though: you can rebel against him, and in fact it is the right and duty of every human to do so.

** [[BigBad The God]] of ''[[Manga/MaoDante Demon Lord Dante]]'' was an evil [[AliensAreBastards space being]] who demanded that the humans living on Earth worship him. When they didn't, he torched their cities, inadvertently turning the entire human race into demonic beings by having God's energy merge them with various objects (the main character merges with a jet plane and dinosaurs to turn into a giant demon), and split himself up into pieces and inserted himself into apes, becoming modern man as a result. He further becomes even more of a bastard when it is revealed at the end that the entire war between God and demons was done on purpose [[ForTheEvulz just because it was entertaining to him]].

* The last episode of ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'' seems to indicate that in the universe of that series, the god of the Bible rules, and he is clearly depicted as every bit as loathsome as atheists usually contend that he is; vengeful and petty, with unreasonable standards and demands on others. He also likes to subject people to really, really bad dirty jokes, but since he surrounds himself by irredeemable toadies who pretend that his jokes are funny, isn't aware that they aren't.

* Some interpretations of WebVideo/MrDeity are this. He's not so much actively evil, as tremendously uncaring.

* Much of Music/GaryNuman's musical catalogue from the album "Sacrifice" onwards (1994-) depicts God as cruel and delighting in humanity's suffering.

* ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'': While he isn't stated to have created the universe, [[BigBad Raiden the Moon King]] is nonetheless the ruler of {{Heaven}} and is characterized as a cold, [[FantasticRacism human-hating]] totalitarian. [[DatingWhatDaddyHates Angry that his daughter married a human]], he tries to take their son, Kubo, to live with him in Heaven ([[HellOfAHeaven portrayed here as cold and uncaring, especially towards humans]]), which requires him to ''[[WouldHurtAChild tear out]]'' ''[[EyeScream Kubo's eyes]]'' to make him blind to humanity. [[spoiler:At the film's end, Raiden is [[HumanityEnsues magically transformed into a human]], [[AmnesiacGod loses his memory]], [[HeelFaceBrainwashing and is convinced by everyone else that he has always been good]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'': While he isn't stated to have created the universe, [[BigBad Raiden the Moon King]] is nonetheless the ruler of Heaven and is characterized as a cold, [[FantasticRacism human-hating]] totalitarian. [[DatingWhatDaddyHates Angry that his daughter married a human]], he tries to take their son, Kubo, to live with him in Heaven ([[HellOfAHeaven portrayed here as cold and uncaring, especially towards humans]]), which requires him to ''[[WouldHurtAChild tear out]]'' ''[[EyeScream Kubo's eyes]]'' to make him blind to humanity. [[spoiler:At the film's end, Raiden is [[HumanityEnsues magically transformed into a human]], [[AmnesiacGod loses his memory]]. [[HeelFaceBrainwashing and is convinced by everyone else that he has always been good.]]]]

* ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'': While he isn't stated to have created the universe, [[BigBad Raiden the Moon King]] is nonetheless the ruler of Heaven and is characterized as a cold, [[FantasticRacism human-hating]] totalitarian. [[DatingWhatDaddyHates Angry that his daughter married a human]], he tries to take their son, Kubo, to live with him in Heaven ([[HellOfAHeaven portrayed as cold and uncaring, especially towards humans]]), which requires him to ''[[EyeScream tear out Kubo's eyes]]'' to make him blind to humanity. [[spoiler:At the film's end, Raiden is [[HumanityEnsues magically transformed into a human]], [[AmnesiacGod loses his memory]], and is [[HeelFaceBrainwashing convinced by everyone else that he has always been good.]]]]

* ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'': While he isn't stated to have created the universe, [[BigBad Raiden the Moon King]] is nonetheless the ruler of Heaven and is characterized as a cold, [[FantasticRacism human-hating]] totalitarian. [[DatingWhatDaddyHates Angry that his daughter married a human]], he tries to take their son, Kubo, to live with him in Heaven ([[HellOfAHeaven portrayed as cold and uncaring, especially towards humans]]), which requires him to ''[[EyeScream tear out Kubo's eyes]]'' to make him blind to humanity. [[Spoiler: At the film's end, Raiden is [[HumanityEnsues magically transformed into a human]], [[AmnesiacGod loses his memory]], and is [[HeelFaceBrainwashing convinced by everyone else that he has always been good.]]]]

* Another creepypasta called "In Heaven" features a reverend dying and meeting God... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, in Heaven]]. God is portrayed as a FauxAffablyEvil egotist, who created humans just to worship Him, going so far as to [[GodGuise masquerade as every other deity humanity ever worshipped]]. He also turns anybody who enters Heaven (which, in this story, is ''[[AllAreEqualInDeath everybody]]'') [[AHellOfAHeaven into mindless slaves, incapable of independent thought]]. [[DownerEnding He then does this to the aforementioned reverend]].

* ''Webcomic/InWilysDefense'' features Sphere. He isn't exactly evil but he's basically a lazy, irresponsible, and petty {{Jerkass}} who shows little to control over his destructive children. He shows more concern over a random guy calling himself the "God Of Flames" than he does over the angels of death and destruction going to war with each other.

* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' seems to be quite fond of this trope and frequently uses it for jokes. It varies between this, GodIsFlawed and MadGod. For example, there is a strip where an atheist argues against the idea of Hell, by stating that, being omnipotent, God already knows any action a human will take in their lifetime, so it makes no sense to punish them for it. So either, Hell doesnt exist, or God is a jerk.

* As might be surmised from the name, every other song by DeathMetal band {{Deicide}} deals with how much they hate God. It is somewhat unclear whether they believe God exists or not.