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Everyone who has religion has an image of "their" god. It's "theirs" because it's not the same as some other religions god. And obviously it has to be different because if they were the same god then the where would the difference in religion be? A christian god, a jewish god, a muslim god, and sub-flavors as well, catholic god, lutheran god, liberal god, universalist god, vengeful god, apathetic god, it goes on and on.

So when it comes to identifying the good, the positive in a religion, the god belongs solely to that particular denomination of worshipper. Theirs. Ours. Mine. For me, not you. You're wrong, I'm right. Whatever.

The funny part is if you ask either side of a religious divide what the evil was, where the bad came from, what represents the demonic they'd easily agree... it was the other person. Who's the force of Satan if you're jewish? Who's the minion of Hell of you're muslim? What are the forces of the unholy if you're christian? It's those other guys, the ones with the other god.

I find that incredibly humorous, that humans can immediately identify the evil as human, but have trouble agreeing on the source or identity of good.