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Because [[Religion Is Magic]], devout practitioners and [[Authority Equals Asskicking|high ranking]] clergy will have powers, magic and other forms of [[The Dark Arts]]. You can expect the [[High Priest]] to emanate a [[Cross-Melting Aura]].
This trope is the polar opposite of the [[Saintly Church]]. Also contrast with [[Path of Inspiration]], where an evil religion masquerades as a more ordinary faith. Sometimes a [[Cult of Personality]] evolves (or is deliberately turned) into one of these. If a genuinely "good" religion is being twisted into evil, it's the [[Corrupt Church]]. Whatever the religion of evil worships will generally be the [[Bigger Bad]], with [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|demon lords]], [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|archdevils]], [[Eldritch Abomination]]s, [[God of Evil|gods of evil]] and [[Satan]] himself all being likely candidates.
Media portrayals of Satanism tend to fall directly into this trope; for this, see [[Hollywood Satanism]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Naruto]]'' has Hidan, a follower of Jashin ("evil god"). Aside from the lengthy praying and kickass immortality jutsu, he's required to kill his opponents via a blood-drinking, masochistic ritual. The religion first noticed him as a potential recruit when he [[For the Evulz|murdered the people of his home village for no damn reason]].
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