Physical Religion: Difference between revisions

You should note that this doesn't always have to have a deity be the physical aspect. A [[Sentient Cosmic Force]] or other physically certifiable religious paths may also be used. It's just the most used.

Subversions occur [[God Guise|when someone falsely claims to be a deity for whatever reasons and gets a religion]].

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* The Sage of Six Paths from ''[[Naruto]]'' fits this description, as his religion was jutsu, something that all ninja can do; except that he could do it better than anyone else, which is why they worshipped him. Surprisingly, Nagato also has a Religion in which followers pray to him because of his god-like strength and Dōjutsu. It seems as though all people with the Rinnegan are hailed as Physical Gods.

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* The cults of the Old Gods and later, the Lightbringers from ''[[Arcia Chronicles]]'' worshiped the respective [[Physical God|Physical Gods]] until they were killed or abandoned Tarra. The modern predominant religion is basically a [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|fantasy counterpart]] of Christianity (minus Christ).

* In the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'', the Tayledras, Shin'a'in and K'Leshya, collectively known as the Kaled'a'in, are called as such because they worship the Star-eyed goddess Kal'enel, who routinely provides divine intervention of the kind that cannot be mistaken for anything else, as well as being able to communicate with her devotees in 'the moonpaths'. Also in the Valdemas world is the god Vkandis, worshiped by the Karsites {{spoiler|and the Iftellians}} who actually sent a lightening bolt to vaporize a false Son of the Sun (like their pope) who wasn't abiding by his doctrines, choosing a new one himself through a statue of him, even going so far as to prove it wasn't a trick by removing the crown which was a permanent, non-removable part of the statue and placing it on the new Son of the Sun and putting the statue back, crownless.

* ''[[Warhammer]]'' / ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'''s Chaos gods. They exist, show up in person, and give [[Body Horror|gifts]] to people.

** Also from [[Warhammer]]: Sigmar, god of [[The Empire]]'s religion.

* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' has a large pantheon of gods, and nobody really questions their existence, seeing as they, again, show up in person and grant spells. Except for Ao in [[Forgotten Realms]], who is so powerful he doesn't care.

** In the setting of ''[[Eberron]]'', the [[Physical God]] trope is averted. The true gods, if they exist, do not manifest themselves physically. There are tales of them doing it, but that's nothing more that myths and legends. However this trope still applies, as ''faith'' powers divine magic, so someone believing in the divinity of a mortal can still have divine magic. This leads to certain mortal beings having become the "God" of their churches.

* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' has Jesus living in town in the early seasons and hosting a talk show. In one episode, Jimbo prays to Him for the local team to win, to which Jesus, who is sitting a few rows down, tells him to leave Him alone.

* In ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' God and Jesus will sometimes show up in earlier episodes. This only makes the "religion is stupid" messages in latter episodes [[Broken Aesop|all the stupider]].

** They do, on the other hand, have expressions like "Thank Celestia!", "In the name of Celestia!" and "As Celestia as my witness...".