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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 1958486" data-attributes="member: 8835">Many ways to look at this.Let's assume that alignment vaguely represents what a good society would label them as.  In which case, a normal good society would object to be obliterated, so they would label this cult as evil.That doesn't mean the cultists have to act the traditional evil.  Only that their end goal is evil (and these folks tend to have the "ends justify the means" mentality which will tend to make them do "evil" things to get the job done).But don't let that stop you from getting creative.  Here's some extra ideas:What if the planet is contaminated?  With something unseen that must not be spread.  The god knows this (since he doesn't live on the planet), so he's trying to purge the planet to protect other planets.Use the Saiyuki 2nd half of season one storyline (japanese anime, pretty popular):a god loses his girlfriend (she got sent to be a mortal)the god realizes he can re-initiate the world by destroying it (from the current inhabitants viewpoint)by doing so, he'll be reunited with his girlfriend (who already died)The god isn't evil, but obviously, a lot of folks wouldn't like his plan if they knew what it was.From his perspective, people are like ants.  Interesting to watch, but not of much consequence in the grand scheme of things.  The evil-ness of the act depends on what level you sit in the hierarchy of reality.  At the people level, they don't pay much attention to the ant worlds they destroy, but they like their world.  At the god level, they don't pay much attention to the people worlds they destroy, but they like their world.  It all works out.Janx</blockquote>

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