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'''Misotheism ''' (μισόθεος a compound of μίσος "hatred" and θεός "god") is the hating the gods, or hatred of God. The term has its origin in Aeschylus' depiction of Prometheus in ''Prometheus Bound'' and ''Prometheus Unbound''''Italic text''. Prometheus' professes professed hatred of the gods because of their punishment of him for bringing fire to mankindhumankind. "Misotheist " is the expression given to a person who blame blames God for negative experiences within that person's life that result in a spitefulness towards God. It can also be a expression of distain disdain for the teachings of God, or when one believes that God is unjust or evil.

* Ivan Karamazov in [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s 1879 ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' articulates what might be termed a misotheistic rejection of God. Koons covered this argument in the [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/koons/356/lec20.html lecture immediately following] the one [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/koons/356/lec19.html referenced above]. It was also discussed by Peter S. Fosl in his essay entitled "[http://www.philosophers.co.uk/portal_article.php?id=23 The Moral Imperative to Rebel Against God]".