No, the other one.
Well, it's hard to Guess The Trope, and it's dialogue. Are there misuse or underuse you can tie to it?
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The name is a bad stock phrase. Rename it.
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That seems an awful lot like one type of Hollywood Atheist, by the by. We sure they're not the same trope?
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Evil-Induced Atheism as a possible rename option?
edited 24th Feb '13 9:57:19 AM by Willbyr
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Crowner open.
I upvoted Evil Induced Atheism and Cynical Atheism, in that order of preference.
edited 25th Feb '13 12:28:25 PM by StarSword
I am asking moderators to hold on a bit on that crowner. Even though this is a minor trope that's unlikely to raise much fuss, 1 day + 3 (not unambiguous votes) is a bit little to me.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
You need a single proposition to decide on a rename first.
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Okay, yeah, I guess I jumped the gun.
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No biggie. Single prop crowner's hooked.
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My problem with "Evil-Induced Atheism" is that it isn't clearly referring to external evil. I would have guessed that the person is atheistic because they are evil.
I suggest "What God Would Let This Happen?" (or "How Could God Let This Happen?") It's still dialogue, but something of a set phrase with regards to the problem of evil.
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If it's dialogue, it's not an option for a new name.
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"Atheist From Witnessing Evil"?
"Cynical Atheism" is a genuine trope, but this is a narrower instance of it. I would rather keep that for where there is some implied link between a character's lack of belief and his cynicism.
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I was using "cynical" as in "Because the world is bad"
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
So...yeah.
Evil Stole my Faith?
Complicated - because simple is simply too simple.
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Evil Stole My Faith is a name I can get behind. Can't pin down exactly why.
I must be cruel, but to be kind That bad may begin, and worse be left behind
That looks like dialogue again.
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It's kinda dialoguey, but I like it all the same.
Evil Stole My Faith sounds OK to me.
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I still prefer The Problem Of Evil, as the preexisting name for the philosophical dilemma that the character is forced to confront and resolve, but I won't deny that Evil Stole My Faith is a pretty good name.
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People have resolved The Problem Of Evil without falling into this trope, though.
No, the other one.
The Problem Of Evil is related, but not exactly the same. It's about the paradox of an omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent God and Evil existing at the same time. This trope is not about that paradox. It's more about the conclusion of one side of the solution: If there's Evil, there's no God.
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I think that a new name must be given to this trope, one that shows more clearly that it's not just about any kind of atheism, but atheism born out of a belief that the world is evil.