This falls under the division of Gnosticism where the God of the Old Testament is depicted as evil to both Marcion and the Gnostics. Marcion would argue that “Christ and the gospel of the benevolent God had nothing to do with anything in this world” (Cahana 57). This exemplifies his belief in a sinful world that must be saved by the spiritual world. The idea of the nature of God was quite new at this time in Christianity and even the ideas of good and evil were only just being discussed. The controversy has deepened divisions among Christians by introducing ideas such as different views of the nature of God and adding to many different sects of Christianity today. Just the thought of God changing has its implications, not to mention the idea that His nature is evil would be enough to create tension among many members of Christianity. This controversy creates one of the first sects of Christianity and creates the many branches of Christianity that are seen
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