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In a [[Kitchen Sink Drama|Low Magic World]], a Scam Religion typically has no power at all. In a [[Heroic Fantasy|High Magic World]], it will have power — but its power will be empty, inferior, low level. Arcane tricks rather than true divine miracles.
Often a [[Parody Religion]]. See also [[Church of Happyology]] and [[God Guise]]. Contrast [[Path of Inspiration]], where the cult members are [[Obliviously Evil]] [[Mook
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'''NOTE:''' Only add examples that can be objectively verified to be scams according to the narrative. Thus, '''[[No Real Life Examples, Please|NO Real Life examples]]''', since we can't see our world from the outside. That includes any religion that ''you'' personally consider to be a scam, no matter what evidence you have or how large majority of mankind agrees with you. If you think this trope is being ''[[Invoked Trope|invoked]]'' in real life, it's probably a [[Parody Religion]].
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** That said, the episode about Mormonism was pretty much entirely "Woah, Mormonism is a load of bull -- but Mormons are the sweetest people on Earth, so who cares?"
* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' once had Gadget half-heartedly attempt to join a soda-worshiping cult of mice. The evil second-in-command of the cult was using all the belongings new members gave up and keeping them.
* Sympathetic example: in the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode ''The Painted Lady'', {{spoiler|Katara}} starts one of her own. As she helps some villagers, they mistake her for their local
* In ''[[Prince of Egypt]]'', this is how the Egyptian mythology is portrayed. The High Priests replicate Moses' stick-to-snake miracle, but it's all about creative lighting, ominous statues and chanting, sleight-of-hand tricks and big helping of showmanship. While Rameses is impressed, he fails to notice that Moses' snake devours the priests' snakes during the [[Villain Song]]. The priests are later exposed when they prove to be utterly useless against the Abrahamic God's ten plagues.
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