History Main / BlasphemousPraise

** Psyche, the girl who eventually married Eros/Cupid, was said to be so beautiful that the local men started worshipping her instead of Aphrodite. Naturally, Aphrodite was pissed.

* Wrestling/KevinSteen called himself the antichrist for pro wrestling. When he was kicked out of SCUM, Steve Corino called his replacement, Wrestling/MattHardy, the Jesus Christ of pro wrestling.

* In ''Film/AKnightsTale'', Will declares that he will say rosaries to Jocelyn and no one else.

A SuperTrope to LikeAGodToMe.

** Gary Hocking, who played for the cats at the same time as Ablett, recieved the nickname "Buddha".

* [[Music/{{Slayer}}]]. A reactionary graffiti [[http://www.funnysigns.net/files/god-listens-to-slayer.jpg defacing a billboard]] reflecting a message different from their music portrays.

* [[Music/Slayer]]. A reactionary graffiti [[http://www.funnysigns.net/files/god-listens-to-slayer.jpg defacing a billboard]] reflecting a message different from their music portrays.

** {{Jesus}} Himself used this trope in John 14, how He proclaimed that some believer would do even greater works than His own.

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* Creator/ElvisPresley was uncomfortable with the nickname "The King" for this reason ("Jesus Christ is the King. I’m just an entertainer.")

* Music/Slayer. A reactionary graffiti [[http://www.funnysigns.net/files/god-listens-to-slayer.jpg defacing a billboard]] reflecting a message different from their music portrays.

* In Literature/TheBible, one of the Herods is struck dead for accepting such praise.
--> ...Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

* Supporters of Brian O'Driscoll, star player and long-time captain of Ireland's national RugbyUnion team, have adopted the motto "In BOD We Trust", playing on USA's official motto "In God We Trust". This motto even became the title of O'Driscoll's biography.

* JRRTolkien's ''[[BerenAndLuthien Lay of Leithian]]'' features a variant, where Thû (Sauron) suspects a group of orcs (actually Beren, Findrod and a troop of elves in disguise) of disloyalty, and tries to make them speak a literal blasphemous praise to Morgoth as a sort of IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten-test:

* JRRTolkien's ''BerenAndLuthien Lay of Leithian'' features a variant, where Thû (Sauron) suspects a group of orcs (actually Beren, Findrod and a troop of elves in disguise) of disloyalty, and tries to make them speak a literal blasphemous praise to Morgoth as a sort of IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten-test:

* Myth/GreekMythology:

Any time a character praising someone(s) or something(s) else favorably to a given deity.

'''William:''' Then [[YouAreWorthHell may I burn in hell]].

->'''Wat:''' And your love? Have you proven that yet?
->'''William:''' Wat, you remember church as a boy. The fear, the passion. That's what she makes me feel. And for that, I say my rosary to Jocelyn and no one else.
->'''Wat:''' William, that's blasphemous.
->'''William:''' Then [[YouAreWorthHell may I burn in hell]].
-->- ''Film/AKnightsTale''

* The AsianSaga novel ''Tai-Pan'' has one character tell the Tai-pan that she "worships" him. Since he's a devout (if unconventional,) Christian, he tells her not to say such things.

* In ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', Cal says of the ship "[[TemptingFate God Himself couldn't sink her]]". Sure enough, it turns out God loves a good challenge.
* The 1981 ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' has Queen Cassiopeia of the city of Joppa saying that her daughter Princess Andromeda is more lovely than the goddess Thetis. Thetis is not pleased by this and orders that Andromeda be sacrificed to the Kraken. If they don't, the Kraken will destroy Joppa.