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* ''WesternAnimation/AngelWars'': Downplayed, in that very little of real-life religion makes it into the series, apart from an empty church being the location of a showdown with a high-ranking demon and one brief shot of Literature/TheBible in [[CoolStarship The Seven's]] library, though this is justified in that angels' relations with God are very different from those of humans. Averted in the supplementary materials, which provide each angel-character's favorite Bible verse, and state that "The Refiner" is what the angels call Jesus Christ, explicitly including Him as part of the 'verse.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' combines this with DevilButNoGod; the series takes place in Hell (and briefling in Heaven) with the explicit goal of redeeming sinners so they can go to Heaven. St. Peter, one of Jesus' disciples, makes an appearence complete with song, but Jesus Himself (and, indeed, God) are never even hinted at being present ''anywhere''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' combines this with DevilButNoGod; the series takes place in Hell (and briefling in Heaven) with the explicit goal of redeeming sinners so they can go to Heaven. St. Peter, one of Jesus' disciples, makes an appearence complete with song, but Jesus Himself (and, indeed, God) are never even hinted at being present ''anywhere''. The story of creation as relayed in the first episode specifically attributes the creation of Adam and Lilith to a group angels.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' combines this with DevilButNoGod; the series takes place in Hell (and briefling in Heaven) with the explicit goal of redeeming sinners so they can go to Heaven. St. Peter, one of Jesus' disciples, makes an appearence complete with song, but Jesus Himself (and, indeed, God) are never even hinted at being present ''anywhere''.
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never heard of this before, pretty sure it's made up
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Much of the Imperial cult of the GodEmperor has aspects of Christianity just replacing crosses with two-headed eagles and skulls - they have [[MessianicArchetype a god who sacrificed himself for others]], [[InspirationalMartyr a glorification of martyrdom]], a defined religious hierarchy, veneration of {{Patron Saint}}s, and a love for words like "crusade", "inquisition", and "heresy". Though this mostly in terms of decoration and names (presumably the actual Inquisition had little interest in setting deformed people on fire). There are even some mottos from the Imperium that are remarkably similar to those of the Bible or famous Christians ("Faith without deeds is worthless" sounds awfully similar to "[[Literature/BookOfJames Faith without works is dead", and "The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Imperium" is just a modified quote from Tertullian). Some old lore implied the Emperor might have met Jesus, or perhaps ''was'' him, but this is debateable.
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Much of the Imperial cult of the GodEmperor God-Emperor has aspects of Christianity just replacing crosses with two-headed eagles and skulls - they have [[MessianicArchetype a god who sacrificed himself for others]], [[InspirationalMartyr a glorification of martyrdom]], a defined religious hierarchy, veneration of {{Patron Saint}}s, and a love for words like "crusade", "inquisition", and "heresy". Though this mostly in terms of decoration and names (presumably the actual Inquisition had little interest in setting deformed people on fire). There are even some mottos from the Imperium that are remarkably similar to those of the Bible or famous Christians ("Faith without deeds is worthless" sounds awfully similar to "[[Literature/BookOfJames the BookOfJames' Faith without works is dead", and "The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Imperium" is just a modified quote from Tertullian). Some old lore implied the Emperor might have met Jesus, or perhaps ''was'' him, but this is debateable.
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** The Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} as a whole has a bit of an... odd relationship with this trope. On one hand, the Holy Church regularly invokes God’s name in their work, Heroic Spirits with Christian history like [[Literature/FateApocrypha Jeanne d’Arc]] and [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Saint Martha]] are open about their love for Jesus, and between events like Jeanne’s Divine Revelation and the powers of the Church we know the Abrahamic God exists in ''some'' form within the Nasuverse. However, although the crucifixion of Jesus is clearly alluded to as a history-changing event for the world of magecraft, after the backlash from including ''the'' Buddha in ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' they have gone out of their way to never directly incorporate Jesus by name into the plot. Even when there are characters related to him like Saint Martha and Longinus, he is merely referred to as "the Messiah".
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** The Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} as a whole has a bit of an... odd relationship with this trope. On one hand, the Holy Church regularly invokes God’s name in their work, Heroic Spirits with Christian history like [[Literature/FateApocrypha Jeanne d’Arc]] and [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Saint Martha]] are open about their love for Jesus, and between events like Jeanne’s Divine Revelation and the powers of the Church we know the Abrahamic God exists in ''some'' form within the Nasuverse. However, although the crucifixion of Jesus is clearly alluded to as a history-changing event for the world of magecraft, Jesus is never directly incorporated into the plot, even after the backlash from including ''the'' Buddha in ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' they have gone out of their way to never directly incorporate Jesus by name into the plot.''VideoGame/FateExtra''. Even when there are characters related to him like Saint Martha and Longinus, he is merely referred to as "the Messiah".
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The second variation is common in Western fiction. While Christianity remains the dominant religion in the western world, a significant number of people are not strongly religious. Also, Christians have differing levels of piety and different interpretations of their religion. Being Christian does not necessarily mean that someone is interested in fiction with an explicitly religious theme. To appeal to the broadest audience, a writer will avoid mentioning Jesus even if their work involves God or the Devil. God will represent a generic "good" while the Devil will be generically "evil." This keeps the writer from tying himself to a specific religion. Although it may also have to do with Jesus being a part of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity Trinity]] -- something which many writers simply ignore due to it being a ''huge'' MindScrew concept to some.
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The second variation is common in Western fiction. While Christianity remains the dominant religion in the western world, a significant number of people are not strongly religious. Also, Christians have differing levels of piety and different interpretations of their religion. Being Christian does not necessarily mean that someone is interested in fiction with an explicitly religious theme. To appeal to the broadest audience, a writer will avoid mentioning Jesus even if their work involves God or the Devil. God will represent a generic "good" while the Devil will be generically "evil." This keeps the writer from tying himself to a specific religion. Although it may also have to do with Jesus being a part of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity Trinity]] -- something which many writers simply ignore due to it being a ''huge'' MindScrew concept to some. \n Sometimes, especially in kids' shows, God's name will also be replaced with a euphemism like "the big guy", unless it's being used as an exclamation.
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* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': After Nephrite (Neflite) is killed, there's a story where Naru (Molly) meets a priest at a cemetery. The dub censored out ''all use of the word "priest",'' even referring to him with the curiously non-specific term "person" in the preview for the episode, or in one instance as "a kindly man".
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': The dubbers have usually replaced "god" with "sovereign" or something like that. They also seem to be doing away with the word "lord," despite it also having a non-religious definition. In the first series' dub, every bad guy was referred to as "lord" at some point; there's even a scene where [=DemiDevimon=] ''insists'' the Digi-Destined call Myotismon "lord." And there's the [=VenomMyotismon=] arc where the brainwashed humans were chanting, "Myotismon, lord and master!" But in later seasons, the use declined to the point where a character named [=LordKnightmon=] had his name changed first to [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Crusadermon]] (due to his [[ShesAManInJapan effeminacy]]) and then to '''Load'''Knightmon. Now, "master" is more often used.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': The dubbers have usually replaced "god" with "sovereign" or something like that. They also seem to be doing away with the word "lord," despite it also having a non-religious definition. In the first series' dub, every bad guy was referred to as "lord" at some point; there's even a scene where [=DemiDevimon=] ''insists'' the Digi-Destined call Myotismon "lord." And there's the [=VenomMyotismon=] arc where the brainwashed humans were chanting, "Myotismon, lord and master!" But in later seasons, the use declined to the point where a character named [=LordKnightmon=] had his name changed first to [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Crusadermon]] (due to his [[ShesAManInJapan effeminacy]]) and then to '''Load'''Knightmon. Now, "master" is more often used.
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* ''Series/HappyDays'': In one episode, ABC's Standards and Practices department forbade a ''priest'' character from using the word "God" in a comedic context: instead he pointed ceilingward and spoke reverently of ''"Him"''. (Though another episode got away with Fonzie's SillyPrayer that went, "Hey, God, thanks!").
