First of all, there might exist cases when a god with different values is preferable to the current world state (e.g. if the world is clearly heading towards self-destruction which would terrify even the god).
Sure. Maybe you misunderstood me. I didn’t write this as an endorsement of the “even deeper atheism” view.
First of all, there might exist cases when a god with different values is preferable to the current world state (e.g. if the world is clearly heading towards self-destruction which would terrify even the god).
It still seems like this is much more prevalent in ratfic. E.g., compare how much of it you see in the top 10 ratfic works vs IDK top 10 generic high fantasy or top 10 post-human scifi works.
Sure. Maybe you misunderstood me. I didn’t write this as an endorsement of the “even deeper atheism” view.
Sure, it’s not an exclusively ratfic issue. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodhoodSeeker
It still seems like this is much more prevalent in ratfic. E.g., compare how much of it you see in the top 10 ratfic works vs IDK top 10 generic high fantasy or top 10 post-human scifi works.