1 | '''Basic Trope''': The Devil is real, but the jury's out on God. |
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3 | * '''Straight''': Despite the Devil being real, and taking part in world events, God is never seen and rarely mentioned. |
4 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
5 | ** The Devil [[HellOnEarth has total control over Earth]] while God [[HaveYouSeenMyGod is MIA]]. |
6 | ** [[UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} Satan, not God, created the universe.]] |
7 | * '''Downplayed''': |
8 | ** While the Devil's influence [[EvilIsVisceral is felt more strongly]], [[AWorldHalfFull God is still in full control of creation]]. |
9 | ** Only the Devil shows up in person, but God's involvement is still evident. |
10 | * '''Justified''': |
11 | ** God's [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill total committment to free will]] and [[AlienNonInterferenceClause non-intervention in human lives]] allows the Devil plenty of leeway. |
12 | ** God has no jurisdiction over the earth-like layer of hell where the story takes place. |
13 | * '''Inverted''': God is real, the Devil isn't. |
14 | * '''Subverted''': |
15 | ** 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]]. |
16 | ** There is one malevolent supernatural presence. But it's actually just an [[GodIsEvil evil god.]] |
17 | * '''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. |
18 | * '''Parodied''': "[[Music/TomWaits There ain't no devil]], that's just God [[GodIsEvil when he's drunk]]." |
19 | * '''Zig Zagged''': God and the Devil [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil take turns in revealing and concealing themselves from observation]] based on their needs. |
20 | * '''Averted''': Neither God nor the Devil are mentioned. |
21 | * '''Enforced''': Most lives--and [[AnthropicPrinciple stories]]--would be [[GoodIsBoring pretty dull]] if the Devil didn't take at least some interest. |
22 | * '''Lampshaded''': Have [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou you]] felt the Presence today? |
23 | * '''Invoked''': The Devil can remain at the forefront of life [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil so long as sinners keep sinning]]. |
24 | * '''Exploited''': The Devil uses God's seeming absence to [[CrisisOfFaith sap the Church's strength]] and make more sinners. |
25 | * '''Defied''': Both God and the Devil exist and take active roles in temporal affairs. |
26 | * '''Discussed''': "[[Music/EltonJohn If there's a God in Heaven,]] [[ReligionRantSong what's He waiting for]]?" |
27 | * '''Conversed''': "There's no God, but there's a Devil? I mean, I get the nihilistic idea of "There is no God", but you can't just have a big force of evil without a force of good to balance it out!" |
28 | * '''Implied''': While plenty of [[SatanicArchetype devils]], [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils demons]], [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubi]] and [[HellHound other]] [[FlamingDevil hellish]] [[BigRedDevil effluvia]] have been documented, there are absolutely no accounts of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]]. |
29 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
30 | ** The existence of evil without a counterbalancing good says some [[CosmicHorrorStory pretty nasty things]] about the nature of the universe. |
31 | ** If God does exist, his silence and indifference put Him [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks in the same league as his counterpart]]. |
32 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
33 | ** God may be absent physically, but [[TheAntiNihilist His spirit is omnipresent]] and, in a sense, [[HeroicResolve invincible]]. |
34 | ** 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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36 | ''"[[DevilButNoGod Come in]], [[Film/TheExorcistIII Father Morning]]. Enter, knight. [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife This time you're going to lose]]."'' |
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