Talk:Speakers/@comment-198.14.230.250-20190715043704/@comment-43809577-20190913041147

Some medieval Christians DID believe that God hated humanity, though. I'm not clear on exactly how widespread this belief was (medieval Christianity varied a great deal by group and region; it was definitely not a monolith), but I read about a woodcut showing God about to destroy humanity, and being held back by the Virgin Mary.

This belief makes a bit more sense when you consider how harsh life was in much of medieval Europe. Of course some people would come to believe that God had it in for His creations.

Further complicating things, you had the various Gnostic groups, some of whom believed in a demiurge who was misguided or even malevolent. Ellis may have taken a bit of inspiration from Gnostics in creating the Speakers, but if so he's removed the "spiritual world = good, material world = evil" belief.

Medieval religious beliefs and practices may be odd by modern standards, but they're really interesting!

Going back to the show for a bit: the characters have no way of knowing what their gods think. We the audience don't have firm knowledge of this, either. The closest we get is Blue Fangs' conversation with the Bishop.