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** One episode featured a priest who called himself atheist but really had a textbook example of "God did me wrong" Hollywood atheism. Seeing Jesus floating in front of him does nothing but make him check himself into the hospital for hallucinations. {{spoiler|By the end of the episode, he had found faith again because the wrong was made right and he made peace with the person who had hurt him.}}
** House's ex-girlfriend Stacy is also an atheist, although she wears a cross she inherited from her mother (atheists can do things for sentimental reasons, after all). It's subtly implied that her husband Mark is religious to some degree; at least, while House is trying to anger Mark, he inquires about their wedding day and gets in a jab about "the atheistical bride".
* Mal Reynolds of ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' lost his faith in God after the events of Serenity Valley convinced him that God disagreed with him politically. He will allow a preacher on board his ship, but he prefers that he keep his religion to himself: "You're welcome aboard my ship. God ain't." This is [[Call Back|called back]] in [[The Movie]]. While Book never tries to get Mal to believe in God, he tries try to get him to believe in ''something''. "I don't care what you believe in, ''just believe''." {{spoiler|And he does eventually believe in something: his crew, and that he has to fight for what's right.}} There is an [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] that has Mal believing in God, and just really not liking God at all. This interpretation is shared by [[Nathan Fillion]], the actor who played Mal.
** River is also known to lampoon religion on several occasions (albeit unintentionally, she's not looking to cause trouble), most notably when she begins revising the shepherd's Bible to match reality.
{{quote|'''River''': Noah's Ark is a problem. We'll have to call it an early quantum state phenomenon. Only way to fit 5,000 species of mammal on the same boat.}}
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