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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.
If someone still refuses to believe in God, he's a [[Flat Earth Atheist]]. If someone is not a member of this church, he is a [[Nay Theist]]. Compare [[Religion Is Right]], where the religion came first, then the entity believed in is proven to be true. [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]] is rather common. If [[Religion Is Magic]], then God will grant spells those who worship him. He may say ''[[Stop Worshipping Me!]]!'' if he is bugged with that, though. A [[God-Emperor]] usually has both a
Subversions occur [[God Guise|when someone falsely claims to be a deity for whatever reasons and gets a religion]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'' utilizes this trope, as there are gods, religions worshipping these gods, [[Nay Theist
* The cults of the Old Gods and later, the Lightbringers from ''[[Arcia Chronicles]]'' worshiped the respective [[Physical God
* 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.
* In one of the ''[[Everworld]]'' books, [[Classical Mythology|Dionysus]] is unsurprised to learn that the Greek gods are no longer worshiped in the "Old World" (our world).
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* ''[[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]]'' 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]].
* Averted so far in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' with the royal princesses. Celestia and Luna raise the sun and the moon respectively and ponies are rather prone to falling all over themselves in awe (and/or terror) when either shows up in
** They do, on the other hand, have expressions like "Thank Celestia!", "In the name of Celestia!" and "As Celestia as my witness...".
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