Hussar
Legend
But not when the adventures were being created and when the books were being written.That was me. But the 2-axis alignment actually dates back to 1977, with the Dungeons and Dragons Basic Set. So there were 7 years between when the 9 alignments first came out and when the first dragonlance book was written.
But, AGAIN, WHO CARES? We don't play during the Cataclysm, it's entirely background to the campaign and it's based pretty solidly in well known mythology. What does it matter? Again, Tolkien does EXACTLY the same thing in his writing and we don't keep banging the drum about how Adventures in Middle Earth shouldn't be played. The gods striking down the overweening proud is a pretty well established trope in fantasy.
I'm honestly utterly baffled why this is even an issue. Look, I'm about as left as it comes when we start talking about race and these sorts of issues, but, I really don't see the issue here. If the campaign was about the players causing the Cataclysm? Maybe? Then it might be an issue. Or if the Cataclysm was directed at a specific group of people? Maybe? But the old timey religion of smiting is part and parcel to a LOT of modern belief structures. Again, this is just the Atlantis story.