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{{trope}}
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{{quote|{{verse|1|1}}Now behold, it did come to pass that in the city of Los Angeles, the writers of science fiction and fantasy did begin to wax exceedingly fat off of the labors of their hands.
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* [[Rowan Atkinson]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN-8G0HCD5U "Amazing Jesus" sketch"] combines this with [[Sophisticated As Hell]].▼
{{quote|And they brought to him on a stretcher a man who was sick of the palsy, and they cried unto him, "Maestro, this man is sick of the palsy." And the Lord said, "If I had to spend my whole life on a stretcher, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|I'd be pretty sick of the palsy too!]]" And they were filled with joy, and cried out, "Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks; thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer."}}▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The Crime Bible in [[The DCU]], which even spawned its own mini-series, ''Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood'', each issue of which opened with a passage from the Crime Bible.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' has a reading from the Book of Armaments (Chapter 2, verses 9-21), which gives the history and the correct usage of the [[Holy Hand Grenade]] of Antioch.
** Hilariously averted in ''[[Monty
* Invoked by the title characters of ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'' in the sequel. When asked if they say a prayer before executing someone, they decided to have a little fun, point their guns at the guy who asked them the question, and dramatically make up "verses" about the Vengeance of the Lord using [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]].
* ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''. About a third of Jules's speech is pretty close to [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+25 the real Ezekiel 25:17], the rest is a pastiche of other Biblical phrases inspired by old Sonny Chiba movies.
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26 And the Angel said, I had it here only a moment ago, I must have put it down some where, forget my own head next.
27 And the Lord did not ask him again. }}
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
{{quote|"Will you help?"
''V. You Don't Even Believe In Me!''
"Yes, but I'm a practical man."
''VI. And Brave, Too, To Declare Atheism Before Your God.''
** In the same book, a scribe jotted down Cut-Me-Own-Hand-Off Dhblah's eyewitness account of
* As explored by Bob Price in the non-fiction book "The Paperback Apocalypse," this is a frequent feature of apocalyptic/anti-christ related fiction.
* The [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|Necronomicon]] is often portrayed this way.
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* Similarly to the Rowan Atkinson version above, there was ''[[The Bible]]...According to [[Spike Milligan]]''.
== [[Live
* The Book of Origin for the Ori in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''.
* [[Joss Whedon]] is one of the most blatant abusers of this trope.
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* "You talk about your psalms, you talk about your John 3:16. Well, [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Austin]] 3: 16 says I just kicked your ass!"
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
▲* [[Rowan Atkinson]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN-8G0HCD5U "Amazing Jesus" sketch"] combines this with [[Sophisticated As Hell]].
▲{{quote|And they brought to him on a stretcher a man who was sick of the palsy, and they cried unto him, "Maestro, this man is sick of the palsy." And the Lord said, "If I had to spend my whole life on a stretcher, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|I'd be pretty sick of the palsy too!]]" And they were filled with joy, and cried out, "Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks; thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer."}}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* The U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in ''Zim v. Western Publishing Co.'', 573 F.2d 1318 (5th Cir. 1978) ([http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/573/1318/123615/ transcript here]) starts out with a parody of the first chapter of Genesis ("In the beginning, Zim created the concept of the Golden Guides") and continues in biblical fashion for a short while:
{{quote|Then there rose up in Western a new Vice-President who knew not Zim. And there was strife and discord, anger and frustration, between them for the Golden Guides were not being published or revised in their appointed seasons. And it came to pass that Zim and Western covenanted a new covenant, calling it a Settlement Agreement. But there was no peace in the land. Verily, they came with their counselors of law into the district court for judgment and sued there upon their covenants.}}
* [[The Book of Mormon (literature)|The Book of Mormon]] is near-universally agreed to have errors and phrasing
** Pretty much ''any'' religious text of any religion translated into English will have numerous translations going out of their way to [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe|pretentiously imitate the King James Version's antiquated English]] for no reason
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[[Category:Fictional Media]]
[[Category:Religion Tropes]]
[[Category:Artistic License Linguistics]]
▲[[Category:Hollywood Apocrypha]]
[[Category:Self-Demonstrating Article]]
[[Category:Hollywood Style]]
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