This falls under the division of Gnosticism in which the God of the Old Testament is portrayed as evil to both Marcion and the Gnostics. Marcion would say that “Christ and the gospel of the gracious God had nothing to do with anything in this world” (Cahana 57). This illustrates his belief in a sinful world that must be saved by the spiritual world. The idea of ​​the nature of God was relatively new at this time in Christianity and even the ideas of good and evil were barely discussed. The controversy deepened divisions among Christians by introducing ideas such as differing views on the nature of God and adding to many different sects of Christianity today. The mere thought of God changing has its own implications, not to mention the idea that His nature is evil would be enough to create tension between many in Christianity. This controversy created one of the first sects of Christianity and created the many branches of Christianity that we see