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An evil god

Just a question to think about (and about which I’ll write more, in the future): would you follow an evil god (not necessarily the Judeo-Christian one)?

That is, suppose you were 100% sure some god existed, was real, was extremely powerful (perhaps even all-powerful), but his morals were in direct opposition to your own – that is, you had to admit to yourself that he/she/it was evil. Would you still follow that god? Why, or why not?

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2 Responses to “An evil god”

  1. Heathen Dan says:
    October 5, 2005 at 00:26

    Depends on what you mean “follow.” If it means reverence and worship, probably not. If it means to act upon his commands (like sacrifice my firstborn) then definitely no.

    But that is contingent on what this evil deity has in terms of rewards and punishments. Do I wait for the afterlife to get it? Or do I reap it in the here and now? Does he move in mysterious ways or is he direct?

  2. Loy says:
    October 5, 2005 at 05:48

    I don’t have an answer to that question because it’s so thought provoking and I want to meditate on it, but I wanted to say: What a great question!