| abstract | - A supreme being can be good or evil, but in either case he ought to be... supreme. Right? However, in some works we find a god who is prejudiced and flawed. Not So Omniscient After All, maybe even a bit of a bigot. Worshippers who try to blackmail God into answering prayers (or foolishly goad God) are unlikely to get an answer... at least a favorable one. Ironically, this might make the deity easier to relate to, and thus more sympathetic. This trope is traditionally played on polytheistic gods, but is also getting more and more common on the monotheistic God. With Jesus, this is still usually avoided. But not always. Compare Humans Are Flawed, God Is Inept, and Stop Worshipping Me!, as well as King of All Cosmos. May be due to there being Pieces of God strewn all over the cosmos. Examples of God Is Flawed include:
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