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{{quote|''"He did not often feel the need for a physical expression of his religious feeling. Like Brion [his deceased brother and the last king], he preferred to witness for his faith through the example of an upright life, rather than spend overmuch time on his knees, in a building that took the place of belief for many folk."''~~|''[[Deryni|The King's Justice]]'' by [[Katherine Kurtz]]}}~~

{{quote|''"He did not often feel the need for a physical expression of his religious feeling. Like Brion [his deceased brother and the last king], he preferred to witness for his faith through the example of an upright life, rather than spend overmuch time on his knees, in a building that took the place of belief for many folk."''

|''[[Deryni|The King's Justice]]'' by [[Katherine Kurtz]]}}

Picture an author at work, creating a hero. The notes and the drafts cover many traits: height and weight, the colour of his hair and eyes, what clothes he wears, where he lives, where he went to school, what family he has, even his favourite food and the playlist on his mp3 player. References to all these things and more are worked into the story, but one topic doesn't come up much: his religion. Not that he necessarily doesn't have one (he might or he might not); he just doesn't talk about it, and the world in which he moves, while it has one or more thriving religions, doesn't make a big deal of it either. Why is that?

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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* Bill Adama from ''[[Battlestar Galactica ~~Reimagined~~]]'' did not believe in the Gods. This led him into conflict with President Roslin on several occasions. Adama's theological view evolved in the course of the series from atheist to non-religious believer.

* Bill Adama from ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' did not believe in the Gods. This led him into conflict with President Roslin on several occasions. Adama's theological view evolved in the course of the series from atheist to non-religious believer.

* Jeff, the main character of ''[[Community]]'', is agnostic and opts for not talking about religion to keep the peace in the study group, whereas all other characters have relatively strong religious or atheistic beliefs: "To me, religion is like Paul Rudd. I see the appeal and I would never take it away from anyone, but I would also never stand in line for it."

* ''[[Firefly]]'': Shepherd Book is a Christian preacher, and Inara is apparently Buddhist. The other characters don't have a problem with an open display of religion, but [[Big Damn Hero|Mal]] most definitely does. "You're welcome on my ship...God ain't." He's not an atheist<ref>at least according to Nathan Fillion</ref> or at least he didn't used to be (in a blink and you'll miss it moment during the Battle of Serenity Valley in the pilot, he's shown kissing a cross he's wearing around his neck); since the War of Independence he's just become either agnostic or angry at God (or both).

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Roy from [[Order of the Stick]]:

* Roy from ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'':

{{quote|'''[[Celestial Bureaucracy|Bureaucratic Deva]]''': Let me ask you something why did you never consider becoming a cleric yourself? You have halfway decent Wisdom and Charisma scores, you could have pulled it off.

'''Roy''' Well is awkward to say, given [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven|where I am]], but i've never been that religious.