 Egyptian texts take different views on whether the gods are responsible when humans suffer unjustly . Misfortune was often seen as a product of isfet , the cosmic disorder that was the opposite of maat , and therefore the gods were not guilty of causing evil events . Some deities who were closely connected with isfet , such as Set , could be blamed for disorder within the world without placing guilt on the other gods . But some writings do accuse the deities of causing human misery , while others give theodicies in the gods ' defense . Beginning in the Middle Kingdom , several texts connected the issue of evil in the world with a myth in which the creator god fights a human rebellion against his rule and then withdraws from the earth . Because of this human misbehavior , the creator is distant from his creation , allowing suffering to exist . New Kingdom writings do not question the just nature of the gods as strongly as those of the Middle Kingdom . They emphasize humans ' direct , personal relationships with deities and the gods ' power to intervene in human events . People in this era put faith in specific gods who they hoped would help and protect them through their lives . As a result , upholding the ideals of maat grew less important than gaining the gods ' favor as a way to guarantee a good life . Even the pharaohs were regarded as dependent on divine aid , and after the New Kingdom came to an end , government was increasingly influenced by oracles communicating the gods ' will . 
 Egyptian texts take different views on whether the gods are responsible when humans suffer unjustly . Misfortune was often seen as a product of isfet , the cosmic disorder <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a>was the opposite of maat , and therefore the gods <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>not</mark></a>guilty of causing evil events . Some deities <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> closely connected with isfet , such as Set , could be blamed for disorder within the world without placing guilt on the other gods . But some writings do accuse the deities of causing human misery , while others give theodicies in the gods <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'</mark></a>defense . Beginning in the Middle Kingdom , several texts connected the issue of evil in the world with a myth in which the creator god <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>fights</mark></a> a human rebellion against his rule and then <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>withdraws</mark></a> from the earth . Because of this human misbehavior , the creator <a href='drop_aux' title='9'><mark>is</mark></a>distant from his creation , allowing suffering to exist . New Kingdom writings do not question the just nature of the gods as strongly as those of the Middle Kingdom . They emphasize humans <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'</mark></a>direct , personal relationships with deities and the gods <a href='null_genetive' title='11'><mark>'</mark></a>power to intervene in human events . People in this era put faith in specific gods who they hoped would help and protect them through their lives . As a result , upholding the ideals of maat grew less important than gaining the gods <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'</mark></a>favor as a way to guarantee a good life . Even the pharaohs <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>were</mark></a> regarded as dependent on divine aid , and after the New Kingdom came to an end , government was increasingly influenced by oracles communicating the gods <a href='null_genetive' title='14'><mark>'</mark></a>will . 
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