Flat Earth Atheist/Playing With

Basic Trope: In a world where it is proven on many levels that gods exist and personally created the cosmos, a couple people will flat-out disbelieve these facts.

• Straight: Bob does not believe in God, even though God has been proven to exist and has caused several strange events to occur.
• Exaggerated: Bob does not believe in God, even though God has routinely saved Bob from near-death situations.
• Justified:
  • Bob is incapable of recognizing a divine presence
  • Bob's seen beings with enough power to qualify for divine status who did not claim to be anything special. He decided that the distinction between divine and non-divine is meaningless.
  • Bob's belief system allows for the possibility of phenomena which current scientific research cannot yet explain -- however, he believes that a sufficient amount of scientific research will eventually uncover the solution, and is unwilling to accept an 'unsatisfactory' answer like the character with power being a God.
  • Bob thinks this so-called God is just another regular person.
  • Magical powers are normal to the point where Bob didn't know there was a god.
• Inverted:
  • God doesn't believe in Bob, even though Bob has been proven to exist.
  • Bob believes in God even when its been logically proven by all scientists that God can't exist.
• Subverted: Bob's atheism begins to weaken after several incidences of direct divine intervention.
• Double Subverted: However, Bob is still a pretty stubborn guy and refuses to give in.
• Parodied: Bob just so happens to be Pals with Jesus, going out to the movies and playing mini-golf with Him, and yet still does not believe in Him as a divine power.
• Deconstructed: Bob's staunch refusal to recognize God angers Him, causing God to rain down misfortune and torment on Bob, ending in Bob's slow and painful death.
• Reconstructed: ...but God Is Evil anyway, so Bob is justified in rejecting Him.
• Zig Zagged: Bob's faith in God changes wildly depending on the situations he's in.
• Averted:
  • Bob is an active praying member of the community, conversing with God on a regular basis.
  • Or he's an atheist or agnostic where there is no definitive proof of God's existence.
• Enforced: "This Hollywood Atheist is so dull. Let's make him funnier!"
• Lampshaded:
  • "Thanks for the help, God, but I still don't believe in you."
  • "No problem, Bob!"
• Invoked: Characters talk about Bob the minor character as that weirdo who doesn't believe in God, who makes regular appearances in the community.
• Defied: Bob is smart enough to recognize the existence of a higher power when the evidence is overwhelming, even if it's begrudgingly so.
• Discussed: "What, does the whole pantheon need to send him fruit baskets first?"
• Conversed: "The Earth is flat. What more proof does this guy need?"
• Invoked: "You wouldn't believe in God even if he appeared at your door dancing a tango!"

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"There's a page called "Flat Earth Atheist"? What a bunch of crap!"