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* ''Our Man in Havana'': [[ExtremeDoormat James]] is not religious but swore to his wife that he would raise their daughter Milly as a devoted Catholic. Milly seems to take advantage of this trope -- if she prays for some gift, then James ''has'' to get it for her, because if Milly doesn't get what she prays for, she might lose the faith.
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* ''Our Man in Havana'': ''Literature/OurManInHavana'': [[ExtremeDoormat James]] is not religious but swore to his wife that he would raise their daughter Milly as a devoted Catholic. Milly seems to take advantage of this trope -- if she prays for some gift, then James ''has'' to get it for her, because if Milly doesn't get what she prays for, she might lose the faith.
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** ''Literature/TheWarGods'': One knight of the Order of Tomanak manages to end up in this trope via excessive humility. Sir Yorhus desperately needs to know he's following Tomanak's will; if Tomanak doesn't give him direct orders, then Yorhus has to decide what those orders "should" have been. Once he does, whatever he decided is clearly an example of Tomanak's will because if Yorhus were wrong, Tomanak would have told him so.
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** ''Literature/TheWarGods'': One knight of the Order of Tomanak manages to end up in this trope via excessive humility. Sir Yorhus desperately needs to know he's following Tomanak's will; if Tomanak doesn't give him direct orders, then Yorhus has to decide what those orders "should" have been. Once he does, whatever he decided is clearly an example of Tomanak's will because if Yorhus were wrong, Tomanak would have told him so.
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* ''Fanfic/AllForLuzReaction'': Belos believes he'll be rewarded heaven for ensuring all magic creatures and Quirk users would die from the flames of God's holy judgment.
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* ''[[Series/TheWalkingDead2010 The Walking Dead]]'': The final seasons introduce the Reapers, a murderous gang of Afghanistan war vets who also happen to be devout Christians. Their leader Pope is a crazed psychopath who believes he is delivering TheScourgeOfGod, the lives of innocent people that he pillages be damned. In fact, anybody who even kills theirs in self-defense are deemed unholy enemies. One of them, when mortally wounded, even demands that Father Gabriel pray with him as he dies. Gabriel, naturally, recognizes it for the hot bed of shit it is and murders the man.
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* ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'': The classic ''[[WesternAnimation/PigsIsPigs1937 Pigs is Pigs]]'' short has Piggy Hamhock, a gluttonous little piglet who doesn't give a damn about anything besides feeding his belly. At dinnertime, his mother leads his family in saying grace, but Piggy instead uses the opportunity to whine to God for lots of ice cream for dessert. While the others are distracted, he even ties everyone's spaghetti together so he can steal it all from them once they're done, and returns to his seat with a smug "amen".
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* ''Film/OnceUponACrime'': After losing a fortune at the casino, Neil prays to God that he'll become a devout worshipper if He just gives him a suitcase full of money. When he opens his eyes and spots a suitcase nearby he didn't see before, he offers a quick thank you and grabs it. He doesn't even check it until he's returned to his wife to show off his divine fortune... whereupon they discover that, no, that's not money, that's ''a dead body''.
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* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/afterlife-2 Steve]] is not happy that he spent his life being a goody two-shoes specifically to reach Heaven, only to find his HardDrinkingPartyGirl sister also gets in.
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* ''Film/SaintMaud'' has the titular Maud, whose every conversation with God seems centered around what ''she'' wants, made obvious when things ''don't'' go her way [[spoiler: like when she gets fired and almost instantly assumes God isn't there or mocking her when it was obviously her own actions.]] Even when Amanda starts taking an active interest in Maud's spiritual beliefs, Maud sees it as furthering her ''own'' spiritual glory and purpose rather than helping a terminally-ill woman find comfort.
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* ''Film/SaintMaud'' has the titular Maud, whose every conversation with God seems centered around what ''she'' wants, made obvious when things ''don't'' go her way [[spoiler: like when she gets fired and almost instantly assumes God isn't there or mocking her when it was obviously her own actions.actions prompted the firing.]] Even when Amanda starts taking an active interest in Maud's spiritual beliefs, Maud sees it as furthering her ''own'' spiritual glory and purpose rather than helping a terminally-ill woman find comfort.
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* One classic joke: A man is notified that his house is going to be flooded and he needs to get out of the house. He says "No I don't have to, God is going to take care of me." Then the flood starts to rise and a sheriff comes along and tells him to get out. The man says "No, God is going to save me." So, the floods continue to rise, and he climbs on top of the house. A boat comes along and he's told to climb into the boat. He says, "No, no, God is going to save me." Finally, a helicopter comes along and they lower the net to rescue him. The man says, "No, no, God is going to save me!" Well, the man drowns and goes to Heaven. When he gets to Heaven, he says to God, "Why didn't you save me?" God says, "I sent the sheriff, I sent a boat, I sent a helicopter, what more did you want me to do?"
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* One classic joke: A man is notified that his house is going to be flooded and he needs to get out of the house. He says "No I don't have to, God is going to take care of me." Then the flood starts to rise and a sheriff comes along and tells him to get out. The man says "No, God is going to save me." So, the floods continue to rise, and he climbs on top of the house. A boat comes along and he's told to climb into the boat. He says, "No, no, God is going to save me." Finally, a helicopter comes along and they lower the net to rescue him. The man says, "No, no, God is going to save me!" Well, the man drowns and goes to Heaven. When he gets to Heaven, he says to God, "Why didn't you save me?" God says, "I "[[InMysteriousWays I sent the sheriff, I sent a boat, I sent a helicopter, helicopter]], what more did you want me to do?"do!?"
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* ''Film/SaintMaud'' has the titular Maud, whose every conversation with God seems centered around what ''she'' wants, made obvious when things ''don't'' go her way [[spoiler: like when she gets fired and almost instantly assumes God isn't there or mocking her when it was obviously her own actions.]] Even when Amanda starts taking an active interest in Maud's spiritual beliefs, Maud sees it as furthering her ''own'' spiritual glory and purpose rather than helping a terminally-ill woman find comfort.
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* Many characters on ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' display some variety of this trope, but the BookBurning librarian, Ms. Censordoll, is a harshly straight example of Self-projecting Faith. Her interpretations of God's will are far, far stricter than the norm (to the point of burning half of the Bible ''itself'' for being too Jewish), and at one point, when she is all alone and listening to a religious radio show, she outright states she thinks she knows more than God does.
