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The evil God challenge is a philosophical thought experiment.The challenge is to explain why an all-good God is more likely than an all-evil God. Those who advance this challenge assert that, unless there is a satisfactory answer to the challenge, there is no reason to accept that God is good or can provide moral guidance.
Pages in category "Evil gods" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abonsam; Ahriman; Aipaloovik;
Evil gods (7 C, 33 P) D. Daevas (16 P) Devils (5 C, 35 P) M. Misotheism (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Evil deities" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of ...
One resolution to the problem of evil is that God is not good. The evil God challenge thought experiment explores whether an evil God is as likely to exist as a good God. Dystheism is the belief that God is not wholly good. Maltheism is the belief in an evil god. Peter Forrest has stated:
However, Edwards' theology presumes a God whose vengeance and contempt are directed toward evil and its manifestation in fallen humanity. To Edwards, a deity that ignores moral corruption or shows indifference to evil would be closer to the deity espoused by dystheism, that is, evil, because justice is an extension of love and moral goodness.
The devil, in opposition to the will of God, represents evil and tempts Christ, the personification of the character and will of God. Ary Scheffer, 1854. Christian theology draws its concept of evil from the Old and New Testaments. The Christian Bible exercises "the dominant influence upon ideas about God and evil in the Western world."
Ares – The Greek god of war [4] [5] and member of the Olympians. New Gods – Fictional race appearing in the New Gods comic book series Darkseid – Apokoliptian god of evil [6] [7] Lords of Chaos and Order – Opposed groups of divine energy beings locked in eternal struggle [8] [9] The Presence – Comic book character
In religions where a single god is the primary object of worship, the representation of death is usually that god's antagonist, and the struggle between the two is central to the folklore of the culture. In such dualistic models, the primary deity usually represents good, and the death god embodies evil.