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** God created a perfect world for humans, but [[HumansAreBastards their ingratitude and disobedience]] made him [[CreatorBacklash hate his own creation]]...

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** God created a perfect world for humans, but [[HumansAreBastards [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters their ingratitude and disobedience]] made him [[CreatorBacklash hate his own creation]]...
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** God was just in a [[HairTriggerTemper bad mood]]. Other than that, he's a {{Jerk With A Heart Of Gold}}.
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** God is just a [[JerkassGods Jerkass]].

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** God is just a [[JerkassGods Jerkass]].{{Jerkass|Gods}}.

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* '''Downplayed''': God is not a CardCarryingVillain, but [[KnightTemplar he enforces his not-unreasonable morals with]] [[DisproportionateRetribution horribly disproportionate punishments.]]

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God is not a CardCarryingVillain, but [[KnightTemplar he enforces his not-unreasonable morals with]] [[DisproportionateRetribution horribly disproportionate punishments.]]]]
** God is just a [[JerkassGods Jerkass]].

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** God was extremely cruel to humanity that they all decided to align themselves with {{Satan}}, who's proven to be a [[SatanIsGood pretty decent person]] unlike their creator. This [[BerserkButton angers]] God to the point where He decides to cast humanity and Satan [[AndIMustScream into the Lake Of Fire for all of eternity]].



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* '''Exaggerated''': [[EldritchAbomination God]] created the world [[CrapsackWorld for the sole purpose of torturing everyone and everything]] for his own sadistic pleasure. The reason why we even have a life is because he wants us to experience hope [[CosmicHorrorStory before it is ripped away and revealed as a cruel illusion]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[EldritchAbomination God]] created the world [[CrapsackWorld for the sole purpose of torturing everyone and everything]] [[ItAmusedMe for his own sadistic pleasure.pleasure]]. The reason why we even have a life is because he wants us to experience hope [[CosmicHorrorStory before it is ripped away and revealed as a cruel illusion]].

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* '''Parodied''': God is an [[LargeHam over-the-top]], [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain comically ineffective]] DastardlyWhiplash.

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God is an [[LargeHam over-the-top]], [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain comically ineffective]] DastardlyWhiplash.
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** As it turns out, God doesn't know what he doing is wrong-he either [[ObliviouslyEvil genuinely doesn't realise he's being a dick]], or [[GodIsInept is trying to be good, but failing miserably.]]


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** God inflicts CoolAndUnusualPunishment on non-believers.
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** ...But he is still evil by all human standards and his perspectives doesn't necessarily have presidence over our perspectives.
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** ... Then its revealed that The Earth forms around it technically making this Sealed Evil the unwilling creator of humanity

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** ... Then its revealed that The Earth forms around it The Sealed Evil technically making this Sealed Evil the unwilling creator of humanity
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** This God turns out to be a Sealed Evil in the earths core


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** ... Then its revealed that The Earth forms around it technically making this Sealed Evil the unwilling creator of humanity
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** Evil is God (Mainly humanity's evil created a cosmic being that is pretty much close to God)

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** Evil is God (Mainly (As in humanity's evil created collective depravity creates a powerful cosmic being that is pretty much close to God)
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** Evil is God(Mainly humanity's evil created a cosmic being that is pretty godlike)

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** Evil is God(Mainly God (Mainly humanity's evil created a cosmic being that is pretty godlike)much close to God)
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** Evil is God(Mainly humanity's evil created a cosmic being that is pretty godlike)

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* '''Justified''':
** The classic Epicurean [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil Problem of Evil]], no wonder.
** It's a CosmicHorrorStory.
** The [[CrapsackWorld crapsackness of the world]] is InherentInTheSystem, God is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of it.
** Omnipotence actually makes anyone [[DrunkWithPower drunk]], [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity insane]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bored]].
** If God possesses eternal life, then ImmortalityImmorality and WhoWantsToLiveForever are in effect.
** God exists because [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve people believe in Him]]. Some humans [[KnightTemplar believe he punishes "evil"]], [[ValuesDissonance but each has biased and severe definitions of "goodness"]]. [[{{Greed}} Others see God as a cosmic cash machine]]. Still others [[NayTheist reject His existence entirely]] thinking that [[HollywoodAtheist only a malicious god could make an imperfect world anyway]]. The end result [[MadGod isn't pretty]] - [[GoldenMeanFallacy a God who makes EVERYONE miserable and imposes ridiculous and paradoxical standards no one could meet]]. [[YouBastard You]] [[HumansAreBastards Bastards]].
* '''Inverted''':
** SatanIsGood.
** or [[GodIsGood God is the greatest force for good ever.]]



* '''Justified''':
** The classic Epicurean [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil Problem of Evil]], no wonder.
** It's a CosmicHorrorStory.
** The [[CrapsackWorld crapsackness of the world]] is InherentInTheSystem, God is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of it.
** Omnipotence actually makes anyone [[DrunkWithPower drunk]], [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity insane]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bored]].
** If God possesses eternal life, then ImmortalityImmorality and WhoWantsToLiveForever are in effect.
** God exists because [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve people believe in Him]]. Some humans [[KnightTemplar believe he punishes "evil"]], [[ValuesDissonance but each has biased and severe definitions of "goodness"]]. [[{{Greed}} Others see God as a cosmic cash machine]]. Still others [[NayTheist reject His existence entirely]] thinking that [[HollywoodAtheist only a malicious god could make an imperfect world anyway]]. The end result [[MadGod isn't pretty]] - [[GoldenMeanFallacy a God who makes EVERYONE miserable and imposes ridiculous and paradoxical standards no one could meet]]. [[YouBastard You]] [[HumansAreBastards Bastards]].
* '''Inverted''': Evil is God
** or [[GodIsGood God is the greatest force for good ever.]]
* '''Parodied''': God is DastardlyWhiplash.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** God created a perfect world for humans, but [[HumansAreBastards their ingratitude and disobedience]] made him [[CreatorBacklash hate his own creation]]......
** God seems evil due to the fact that he has an [[BlueAndOrangeMorality entirely different]] [[ValuesDissonance view of morality.]]
** God has all the power that followers of monotheistic religions believe him to have. [[CosmicHorrorStory There is nothing in the universe that can defeat him because he controls all things in it,]] [[MindScrew even those that seek to destroy him.]] [[NoOntologicalInertia Furthermore, should god die the universe will too.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': .......and it's HIS fault for making humanity exist that way in the first place. [[GoneHorriblyRight Or, the fact he made us in his image all too well.]]
** It's revealed that he allowed free will to exist just so he can have excuses.
** It's revealed that he allowed free will to exist so that he can watch humanity torturing each other.
** It's revealed that free will and hope was an accident. [[GodIsInept That He never bothered to fix.]]
** Mankind still repents, but God still torments them, this time even more sadistically.

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* '''Justified''':
** The classic Epicurean [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil Problem of Evil]], no wonder.
** It's a CosmicHorrorStory.
** The [[CrapsackWorld crapsackness of the world]] is InherentInTheSystem, God is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of it.
** Omnipotence actually makes anyone [[DrunkWithPower drunk]], [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity insane]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bored]].
** If God possesses eternal life, then ImmortalityImmorality and WhoWantsToLiveForever are in effect.
** God exists because [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve people believe in Him]]. Some humans [[KnightTemplar believe he punishes "evil"]], [[ValuesDissonance but each has biased and severe definitions of "goodness"]]. [[{{Greed}} Others see God as a cosmic cash machine]]. Still others [[NayTheist reject His existence entirely]] thinking that [[HollywoodAtheist only a malicious god could make an imperfect world anyway]]. The end result [[MadGod isn't pretty]] - [[GoldenMeanFallacy a God who makes EVERYONE miserable and imposes ridiculous and paradoxical standards no one could meet]]. [[YouBastard You]] [[HumansAreBastards Bastards]].
* '''Inverted''': Evil is God
** or [[GodIsGood God is the greatest force for good ever.]]
* '''Parodied''': God is DastardlyWhiplash.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** God created a perfect world for humans, but [[HumansAreBastards their ingratitude and disobedience]] made him [[CreatorBacklash hate his own creation]]......
** God seems evil due to the fact that he has
an [[BlueAndOrangeMorality entirely different]] [[ValuesDissonance view of morality.]]
** God has all the power that followers of monotheistic religions believe him to have. [[CosmicHorrorStory There is nothing in the universe that can defeat him because he controls all things in it,]] [[MindScrew even those that seek to destroy him.]] [[NoOntologicalInertia Furthermore, should god die the universe will too.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': .......and it's HIS fault for making humanity exist that way in the first place. [[GoneHorriblyRight Or, the fact he made us in his image all too well.]]
** It's revealed that he allowed free will to exist just so he can have excuses.
** It's revealed that he allowed free will to exist so that he can watch humanity torturing each other.
** It's revealed that free will and hope was an accident. [[GodIsInept That He never bothered to fix.]]
** Mankind still repents, but God still torments them, this time even more sadistically.
[[LargeHam over-the-top]], [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain comically ineffective]] DastardlyWhiplash.



** God isn't explicitly good or evil.
* '''Enforced''':
** The author of the work is trying to make an {{Anvilicious}} criticism about a religion they disagree with.
** "Why can a benevolent god exist, yet [[CrapsackWorld all the problems of the world do?]] Clearly God cannot be benevolent!"

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** God [[BlueAndOrangeMorality isn't explicitly good or evil.
nor evil]].
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'''Enforced''': The author of the work is trying to make an {{Anvilicious}} criticism about a religion they disagree with.
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with.
* '''Lampshaded''':
"Why can a benevolent god God exist, yet [[CrapsackWorld all the problems of the world do?]] Clearly God cannot be benevolent!"benevolent!"
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* '''Deconstructed''':
** God created a perfect world for humans, but [[HumansAreBastards their ingratitude and disobedience]] made him [[CreatorBacklash hate his own creation]]...
** God seems evil due to the fact that he has an [[BlueAndOrangeMorality entirely different]] [[ValuesDissonance view of morality.]]
** God has all the power that followers of monotheistic religions believe him to have. [[CosmicHorrorStory There is nothing in the universe that can defeat him because he controls all things in it,]] [[MindScrew even those that seek to destroy him.]] [[NoOntologicalInertia Furthermore, should god die the universe will too.]]
* '''Reconstructed''':
** ...And it's HIS fault for making humanity exist that way in the first place. [[GoneHorriblyRight Or, the fact he made us in his image all too well.]]
** It's revealed that he allowed free will to exist just so he can have excuses.
** It's revealed that he allowed free will to exist so that he can watch humanity torturing each other.
** It's revealed that free will and hope was an accident. [[GodIsInept That He never bothered to fix.]]
** Mankind still repents, but God still torments them, this time even more sadistically.



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* '''Inverted''': [[GodIsGood God is the greatest force for good ever.]]

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* '''Inverted''': Evil is God
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** God exists because [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve people believe in Him]]. Some humans [[KnightTemplar believe he punishes "evil"]], [[ValuesDissonance but each has biased and severe definitions of "goodness"]]. [[{{Greed}} Others see God as a cosmic cash machine]]. Still others [[NayTheist reject His existence entirely]] thinking that [[HollywoodAtheist only a malicious god could make an imperfect world anyway]]. The end result [[MadGod isn't pretty]] - [[GoldenMeanFallacy a God who makes EVERYONE miserable and imposes ridiculous and paradoxical standards no one could meet]]. [[YouBastard You]] [[HumansAreBastards Bastards]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': [[EldritchAbomination God]] created the world [[CrapsackWorld for the sole purpose of torturing everyone and everything]] for [[CompleteMonster his own sadistic pleasure.]] The reason why we even have a life is because he wants us to experience hope [[CosmicHorrorStory before it is ripped away and revealed as a cruel illusion]].
* '''Downplayed''': God is not a CompleteMonster or a CardCarryingVillain, but [[KnightTemplar he enforces his not-unreasonable morals with]] [[DisproportionateRetribution horribly disproportionate punishments.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[EldritchAbomination God]] created the world [[CrapsackWorld for the sole purpose of torturing everyone and everything]] for [[CompleteMonster his own sadistic pleasure.]] pleasure. The reason why we even have a life is because he wants us to experience hope [[CosmicHorrorStory before it is ripped away and revealed as a cruel illusion]].
* '''Downplayed''': God is not a CompleteMonster or a CardCarryingVillain, but [[KnightTemplar he enforces his not-unreasonable morals with]] [[DisproportionateRetribution horribly disproportionate punishments.]]
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** The "god" is actually a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien posing as a god.
** The "god" is actually a {{Naytheist}} EvilSorcerer who acts evil to destroy people's faith in deities.



** ... and then God destroys the hope he just instilled.
** But then it's revealed that the Devil IS God.

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** ... and And then God destroys the hope he just instilled.
** ** ... But then it's revealed that the Devil IS God.God.
** ... Who is sufficiently advanced enough to count as a PhysicalGod by the 'verse's settings.
** ... [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Because]] ''[[DespairEventHorizon his own hope]]'' [[WellIntentionedExtremist was destroyed by an evil god]].
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** God has all the power that followers of monotheistic religions believe him to have. [[CosmicHorrorStory There is nothing in the universe that can defeat him because he controls all things in it, even those that seek to destroy him.]] [[NoOntologicalInertia Furthermore, should god die the universe will too.]]

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** God has all the power that followers of monotheistic religions believe him to have. [[CosmicHorrorStory There is nothing in the universe that can defeat him because he controls all things in it, it,]] [[MindScrew even those that seek to destroy him.]] [[NoOntologicalInertia Furthermore, should god die the universe will too.]]

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* '''Subverted''': The protagonist begins the story believing GodIsEvil, but comes to see that God was really looking out for him all along, in a roundabout kind of way.

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The protagonist begins the story believing GodIsEvil, but comes to see that God was really looking out for him all along, in a roundabout kind of way.



* '''Double Subverted''': ... and then God destroys the hope he just instilled.

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and then God destroys the hope he just instilled.



* '''Justified''': The classic Epicurean [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil Problem of Evil]], no wonder.

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The classic Epicurean [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil Problem of Evil]], no wonder.



* '''Deconstructed''': God created a perfect world for humans, but [[HumansAreBastards their ingratitude and disobedience]] made him [[CreatorBacklash hate his own creation]]......

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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God created a perfect world for humans, but [[HumansAreBastards their ingratitude and disobedience]] made him [[CreatorBacklash hate his own creation]]......



* '''Averted''': God does not exist.

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God does not exist.



* '''Enforced''': The author of the work is trying to make an {{Anvilicious}} criticism about a religion they disagree with.

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The author of the work is trying to make an {{Anvilicious}} criticism about a religion they disagree with.



* '''Defied''': Allen becomes a PhysicalGod, and makes a concerted effort to prevent [[ComesGreatInsanity going mad from power.]]

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Allen becomes a PhysicalGod, and makes a concerted effort to prevent [[ComesGreatInsanity going mad from power.]]



* '''Conversed''': "With all those Fundamentalist rants, who would want to worship a God like that?"

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"With all those Fundamentalist rants, who would want to worship a God like that?"

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** The god that is evil is actually the devil in disguise[[Gnosticism]]

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** [[{{UsefulNotes/Gnosticism}} The god that is evil is actually the devil in disguise[[Gnosticism]]disguise]]



** But then it's revealed that the Devil IS God.




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** "God or the Devil? They're probably the same thing anyways."
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** The god that is evil is actually the devil in disguise[[Gnosticism]]
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** God s not only evil, but Omnicient and Omnipotent. [[CosmicHorrorStory There is nothing in the universe that can defeat him because he controls all things in it, even those that seek to destroy him.]] [[NoOntologicalInertia Furthermore, should god die the universe will too.]]

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** God s not only evil, but Omnicient and Omnipotent.has all the power that followers of monotheistic religions believe him to have. [[CosmicHorrorStory There is nothing in the universe that can defeat him because he controls all things in it, even those that seek to destroy him.]] [[NoOntologicalInertia Furthermore, should god die the universe will too.]]
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** God s not only evil, but Omnicient and Omnipotent. [[CosmicHorrorStory There is nothing in the universe that can defeat him because he controls all things in it, even those that seek to destroy him.]] [[NoOntologicalInertia Furthermore, should god die the universe will too.]]
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** God seems evil due to the fact that he has an [[BlueAndOrangeMorality entirely diferent]] [[ValuesDissonance veiw of morality.]]

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** God seems evil due to the fact that he has an [[BlueAndOrangeMorality entirely diferent]] different]] [[ValuesDissonance veiw view of morality.]]
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** God seems evil due to the fact that he has an [[BlueAndOrangeMorality entirely diferent]] [[ValuesDissonance Veiw of Morality]]

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** God seems evil due to the fact that he has an [[BlueAndOrangeMorality entirely diferent]] [[ValuesDissonance Veiw veiw of Morality]] morality.]]
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* '''Subverted''': The protagonist begins the story believing GodIsEvil, but comes to see that God was really looking out for him all along, in a roundabout kind of way.
* '''Double Subverted''': ... and then God destroys the hope he just instilled.
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* '''Exaggerated''': God created the world [[CrapsackWorld for the sole purpose of torturing everyone and everything]] for [[CompleteMonster his own sadistic pleasure.]] The reason why we even have a life is because he wants us to experience hope [[CosmicHorrorStory before it is ripped away and revealed as a cruel illusion]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': God [[EldritchAbomination God]] created the world [[CrapsackWorld for the sole purpose of torturing everyone and everything]] for [[CompleteMonster his own sadistic pleasure.]] The reason why we even have a life is because he wants us to experience hope [[CosmicHorrorStory before it is ripped away and revealed as a cruel illusion]].

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