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That makes a lot of sense actually, though the only thing that makes me doubt it is Wayne mentioning it in Alloy of Law; as far as we know, Scadrial is under Sazed's protection from external influences like Odium. So unless Wayne's a worldhopper, or heard about it from someone who is, I'm not sure this is that strong an indication.

I think we have a WoB on this, where he uses them interchangeably; here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ced7z/iamstilla_novelist_named_brandon_sanderson_ama/c9fpunp As for referring to Adonalsium's opposition, nah; there's nothing; I just wanted to throw out a long shot in the off-chance that I'm right ten years down the line or something. Would be awesome.

Yeah; I'm kind of worried about that, but I have a feeling that it's probably not. While I know Sanderson is a Christian, in his words (paraphrased), he's not necessarily out to teach lessons or whatnot through his books, he's out to be awesome. So while an over-power with a Judeo-Christian bent is possible, I don't think so. 'course, it's pretty hard to know Sanderson's mind, so I guess it's all up in the air.

Hello all. I've been lurking for a while on these forums, and I thought I'd introduce myself by way of a theory. It's all super-tenuous, as these things go, since there hasn't been much information relating to the God Beyond, but since I can't seem to find anyone else espousing this theory (I searched, but didn't see anything), I may as well start off here. I'm probably wrong, but since I don't think the god beyond fits in with any of the shards, and by extension, with Adonalsium at all, I think the god beyond is same as the thing that "opposes Adonalsium", that Brandon mentioned at one point. Could potentially be an outsider (i.e. not from the cosmere universe); some sort of Cthulhu-esque being that is an anathema to the cosmere itself? Just a thought.