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*** Half-giants (from an open content sourcebook) believe in the gods, but generally, don't consider them important.

* Seto Kaiba of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' is an excellent example of this trope in the original Japanese. Unlike in the dub, he doesn't dispute the existence of the supernatural, rather he doesn't care about it. Being a reincarnation of an Egyptian priest is irrelevant to him because he only cares about the future. And though he seems to treat the Egyptian God Cards as genuine deities, his arguably biggest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome comes when he ''[[ScrewDestiny literally changes destiny]]'' by ''sacrificing'' his God card in order to summon Blue Eyes White Dragon. The sheer audacity to offer a God as a tribute to his favorite card leaves everyone in the audience absolutely stunned. He later tells Ishizu that everyone has something they believe in even more strongly than gods.

* Karin Kurosaki from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is this way, though instead of gods she [[FlatEarthAtheist denies the existence of ghosts]] (at least in the early parts) despite being able to interact with them as well as her brother.

* During the "Wager of the Gods" story arc in ''Comicbook/GrooTheWanderer'', Chakaal responds that the gods are uncaring buffoons when they attempt to assign her a task.

* Creator/PaulCornell's take on ''Comicbook/LexLuthor''.
-->'''Luthor''': In a cosmos like ours -- if you accept the "[[Comicbook/GreenLantern Big Hand theory]]" of the universe's origin -- deciding on atheism isn't a ''logical'' choice. It's an ''ethical'' one. If there is a God if he turns out to be ... [[Characters/SupermanMisterMxyzptlk a little man in a bowler hat]] or something, do I at least get to put forth my case? Do I get to argue?

** The ''Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch'' novel ''Avatar'' introduces a Bajoran minority religion, Ohalavaru, that believes the Prophets (the {{SufficientlyAdvancedAlien who are known in the setting's present-day to live in the wormhole in the Bajoran system) are powerful beings, but not gods, and have a symbiotic relationship with the Bajoran people. The mainstream church persecuted them as heretics.

--> She was praying for help, that never came.

* In the Music/{{Nine Inch Nails}} song "Terrible Lie," the speaker feels betrayed by God and proceeds to tell Him directly how much he hates Him and that He owes the speaker "a great big apology."
* Music/{{Roger Waters}} mixes this with AGodAmI on the first verse of "Déjà Vu", with the narrator holding God accountable for man's flaws and the sorry state of the world and suggesting he would have done better.

* ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'': Judas realizes his place as {{Cosmic Plaything}} when [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone in a moment of horror after he shows his immense regret for turning Jesus over]], he comes to the conclusion that God was carrying everything out as part of his plan, including Judas's role as the betrayer. He cries out to God, claiming that he killed him, [[DrivenToSuicide before doing the job himself.]]

* Valygar's attitude towards the gods in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II''. After all, when the pantheon includes evil madmen like Cyric and gods who were once fallible humans, why exactly do the gods deserve worship?

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'''s setting of Gensokyo features several characters who, like the Discworld example above, gladly describe themselves as irreligious despite having tea parties with goddesses on a semi-regular basis (though declaring full atheism is just asking for trouble when said deities can be ''quite vocal'' about their existence). The local {{Tengu}} and {{Kappa}} view faith as a negotiation tool when dealing with the goddesses of the Moriya Shrine, who more or less dole out extra-Border technological innovations in exchange for worship. The Scarlet Devil Mansion's denizens contributed to the Hakurei Shrine's reconstruction, but only because Reimu's their friend, and they flatly deny her any more assistance since they don't want the gods to get in their way, nor do they need them in the first place. Magicians like Marisa Kirisame have little use for religion save for its magical applications, and tend to be more committed to their craft than to deities - Marisa once complained about how the faithless can't understand faith, and when she outright asked Kanako what faith was, she was told, "It's the same as how you feel towards magic."

-->'''Luthor''': In a cosmos like ours -- if you accept the "[[Comicbook/GreenLantern Big Hand theory]]" of the universe's origin -- deciding on atheism isn't a ''logical'' choice. It's an ''ethical'' one. If there is a God if he turns out to be ... [[GreatGazoo a little man in a bowler hat]] or something, do I at least get to put forth my case? Do I get to argue?

--->''Everything that lives is designed to end. We are perpetually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death. Is this a curse? Or some kind of punishment? I often think about the god who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle and wonder if we'll ever have the chance to kill him''

* Borderline example: In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', Loki's first appearance has him convincing a nun that her service to some "father figure saying 'Don't do it, or I'll spank you!'" is misguided and there isn't really any proof of God. The trick is, Loki's a fallen angel, who's not only stood in the presence of the Almighty but has spoken to Him personally. He just acts like an atheist because he loves to "fuck with the clergy, man; I love keepin' them on their toes."

** Stoneteller, the leader of the Tribe of Rushing Water, refuses to worship or heed the signs of the Tribe of Endless Hunting because they've had to completely overhaul the Tribe's way of doing things after another group of cats became their neighbors, something that Stoneteller dislikes.

The technical term for this is alatry or alatrism. A variant of this position is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misotheism misotheism]] where the person believes in but actively hates God(s). For media portrayals of atheists as misotheists (among other misconceptions), see HollywoodAtheist.