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* '''Conversed''': "ThisIsThePartWhere you pray in vain to a God that doesn't answer [[PreMortemOneLiner while I chop you into little bitty pieces]]."
* '''Implied''': While plenty of [[SatanicArchetype devils]], [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils demons]], [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubi]] and [[HellHound other]] [[FlamingDevil hellish]] [[BigRedDevil effluvia]] have been documented, there are few accounts of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]].

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* '''Conversed''': "ThisIsThePartWhere "There's no God, but there's a Devil? I mean, I get the nihilistic idea of "There is no God", but you pray in vain can't just have a big force of evil without a force of good to a God that doesn't answer [[PreMortemOneLiner while I chop you into little bitty pieces]]."
balance it out!"
* '''Implied''': While plenty of [[SatanicArchetype devils]], [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils demons]], [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubi]] and [[HellHound other]] [[FlamingDevil hellish]] [[BigRedDevil effluvia]] have been documented, there are few absolutely no accounts of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': The Devil [[HellOnEarth has total control over Earth]] while God [[HaveYouSeenMyGod is MIA]].

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The Devil [[HellOnEarth has total control over Earth]] while God [[HaveYouSeenMyGod is MIA]].



* '''Justified''': God's [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill total committment to free will]] and [[AlienNonInterferenceClause non-intervention in human lives]] allows the Devil plenty of leeway.

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God's [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill total committment to free will]] and [[AlienNonInterferenceClause non-intervention in human lives]] allows the Devil plenty of leeway.



* '''Deconstructed''': The existence of evil without a counterbalancing good says some [[CosmicHorrorStory pretty nasty things]] about the nature of the universe.

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The existence of evil without a counterbalancing good says some [[CosmicHorrorStory pretty nasty things]] about the nature of the universe.



* '''Reconstructed''': God may be absent physically, but [[TheAntiNihilist His spirit is omnipresent]] and, in a sense, [[HeroicResolve invincible]].

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God may be absent physically, but [[TheAntiNihilist His spirit is omnipresent]] and, in a sense, [[HeroicResolve invincible]].

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* '''Downplayed''': While the Devil's influence [[EvilIsVisceral is felt more strongly]], [[AWorldHalfFull God is still in full control of creation]].

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While the Devil's influence [[EvilIsVisceral is felt more strongly]], [[AWorldHalfFull God is still in full control of creation]].creation]].
** Only the Devil shows up in person, but God's involvement is still evident.



* '''Subverted''': It seems as if God is absent, until it's revealed Satan [[SatanIsGood is only a tempter meant to work sinners into the people God wishes them to be]], revealing that God [[RunningBothSides is in fact in control of the entire argument between good and evil]].

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It seems as if God is absent, until it's revealed Satan [[SatanIsGood is only a tempter meant to work sinners into the people God wishes them to be]], revealing that God [[RunningBothSides is in fact in control of the entire argument between good and evil]].evil]].
** There is one malevolent supernatural presence. But it's actually just an [[GodIsEvil evil god.]]
* '''DoubleSubverted''': But then it turns out that Satan was pretending to be God to get people on his side. Meanwhile, God is still nowhere to be seen.
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''"[[DevilButNoGod Come in]], [[Film/TheExorcistIII Father Morning]]. Enter, knight. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife This time you're going to lose]]."''

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''"[[DevilButNoGod Come in]], [[Film/TheExorcistIII Father Morning]]. Enter, knight. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife This time you're going to lose]]."''

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* '''Exaggerated''':
** The Devil [[HellOnEarth has total control over Earth]] while God [[HaveYouSeenMyGod is MIA]].

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'''Exaggerated''': The Devil [[HellOnEarth has total control over Earth]] while God [[HaveYouSeenMyGod is MIA]].



* '''Justified''':
** God's [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill total committment to free will]] and [[AlienNonInterferenceClause non-intervention in human lives]] allows the Devil plenty of leeway.

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'''Justified''': God's [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill total committment to free will]] and [[AlienNonInterferenceClause non-intervention in human lives]] allows the Devil plenty of leeway.



* '''Reconstructed''':
** God may be absent physically, but [[TheAntiNihilist His spirit is omnipresent]] and, in a sense, [[HeroicResolve invincible]].

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'''Reconstructed''': God may be absent physically, but [[TheAntiNihilist His spirit is omnipresent]] and, in a sense, [[HeroicResolve invincible]].



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* '''Reconstructed''': God may be absent physically, but [[TheAntiNihilist His spirit is omnipresent]] and, in a sense, [[HeroicResolve invincible]].

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God may be absent physically, but [[TheAntiNihilist His spirit is omnipresent]] and, in a sense, [[HeroicResolve invincible]].
** Satan has free reign in the [[HellOnEarth physical world]], but lives on borrowed time and will inevitably face God's judgement. God essentially WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing and acts through [[InMysteriousWays subtle means]].

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* '''Justified''': God's [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill total committment to free will]] and [[AlienNonInterferenceClause non-intervention in human lives]] allows the Devil plenty of leeway.

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God's [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill total committment to free will]] and [[AlienNonInterferenceClause non-intervention in human lives]] allows the Devil plenty of leeway. leeway.
** God has no jurisdiction over the earth-like layer of hell where the story takes place.
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* '''Implied''': While plenty of [[SatanicArchetype devils]], [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils demons]], [[HornyDevils succubi]] and [[HellHound other]] [[FlamingDevil hellish]] [[BigRedDevil effluvia]] have been documented, there are few accounts of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]].

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* '''Implied''': While plenty of [[SatanicArchetype devils]], [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils demons]], [[HornyDevils [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubi]] and [[HellHound other]] [[FlamingDevil hellish]] [[BigRedDevil effluvia]] have been documented, there are few accounts of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': The Devil [[HellOnEarth has total control over Earth]] while God [[HaveYouSeenMyGod is MIA]].

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The Devil [[HellOnEarth has total control over Earth]] while God [[HaveYouSeenMyGod is MIA]]. MIA]].
** [[UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} Satan, not God, created the universe.]]
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''"[[DevilButNoGod Come in]], [[Film/TheExorcistIII Father Morning]]. Enter, knight. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife This time you're going to lose]]."''

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''"[[DevilButNoGod Come in]], [[Film/TheExorcistIII Father Morning]]. Enter, knight. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife This time you're going to lose]]."'' ''Main page-- DevilButNoGod''
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'''Basic Trope''': The Devil is real, but the jury's out on God.

* '''Straight''': Despite the Devil being real, and taking part in world events, God is never seen and rarely mentioned.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Devil [[HellOnEarth has total control over Earth]] while God [[HaveYouSeenMyGod is MIA]].
* '''Downplayed''': While the Devil's influence [[EvilIsVisceral is felt more strongly]], [[AWorldHalfFull God is still in full control of creation]].
* '''Justified''': God's [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill total committment to free will]] and [[AlienNonInterferenceClause non-intervention in human lives]] allows the Devil plenty of leeway.
* '''Inverted''': God is real, the Devil isn't.
* '''Subverted''': It seems as if God is absent, until it's revealed Satan [[SatanIsGood is only a tempter meant to work sinners into the people God wishes them to be]], revealing that God [[RunningBothSides is in fact in control of the entire argument between good and evil]].
* '''Parodied''': "[[Music/TomWaits There ain't no devil]], that's just God [[GodIsEvil when he's drunk]]."
* '''Zig Zagged''': God and the Devil [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil take turns in revealing and concealing themselves from observation]] based on their needs.
* '''Averted''': Neither God nor the Devil are mentioned.
* '''Enforced''': Most lives--and [[AnthropicPrinciple stories]]--would be [[GoodIsBoring pretty dull]] if the Devil didn't take at least some interest.
* '''Lampshaded''': Have [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou you]] felt the Presence today?
* '''Invoked''': The Devil can remain at the forefront of life [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil so long as sinners keep sinning]].
* '''Exploited''': The Devil uses God's seeming absence to [[CrisisOfFaith sap the Church's strength]] and make more sinners.
* '''Defied''': Both God and the Devil exist and take active roles in temporal affairs.
* '''Discussed''': "[[Music/EltonJohn If there's a God in Heaven,]] [[ReligionRantSong what's He waiting for]]?"
* '''Conversed''': "ThisIsThePartWhere you pray in vain to a God that doesn't answer [[PreMortemOneLiner while I chop you into little bitty pieces]]."
* '''Implied''': While plenty of [[SatanicArchetype devils]], [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils demons]], [[HornyDevils succubi]] and [[HellHound other]] [[FlamingDevil hellish]] [[BigRedDevil effluvia]] have been documented, there are few accounts of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]].
* '''Deconstructed''': The existence of evil without a counterbalancing good says some [[CosmicHorrorStory pretty nasty things]] about the nature of the universe.
** If God does exist, his silence and indifference put Him [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks in the same league as his counterpart]].
* '''Reconstructed''': God may be absent physically, but [[TheAntiNihilist His spirit is omnipresent]] and, in a sense, [[HeroicResolve invincible]].

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