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So you found God. No, the ''actual, physical'' God. Turns out He wants you to do His bidding. Now, surely said bidding will always be reasonable things like, say, working as a volunteer in a soup kitchen, which earns you good reputation and - while it might be a bit of a burden on your time or money - won't consume your life, right?
WRONG! Turns out God wants you to behave outrageously, summons you at the worst times possible and sometimes even causes effects that will be very much of a burden on you, leading to losses from your reputation to your job or even your spouse! Oh, of course, this tends to solve itself, what with the [[Omniscient Morality Licence]], and [[
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[
** ...which, of course, is a sequel to ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'', where the same God simply dumped all his powers into one guy just to show him how tough God had it.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Depending on your views of [[
* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in ''[[
== [[Live
* ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]''. The title character had to, among other things, destroy works of art and re-take a test she had aced.
* ''[[Journeyman]]'' hinted that the character's time jumps were for a purpose. They were seriously inconvenient, and he could disappear when driving down the road, end up without clothes in snow, etc.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Daedric quests in ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Thalia, Muse of Comedy in ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* God ''and'' the devil in [[God, the Devil
== [[Other Media]] ==
* Some theologians use this as a solution to the problem of theodicy. The existence of evil is something for us to overcome. Natural disasters and diseases and suffering are so that we can grow as people. It builds character. (Unfortunately, if this is taken to extremes it will result in serious claims that doing ''anything'' to alleviate or prevent such things -- such as curing or preventing diseases -- goes counter to the Divine Plan.)
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