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* [[TheBible King David]]

* Gordon McSweeny in Harry Turtledove's Timeline 191 storyline (specifically the Great War series) is the most fierce soldier on either side during the Great War, willingly leads any raid that he is ordered to make, and won the Medal of Honor at least once, possibly twice. He is also a fanatical Christian, constantly scolds his men for the slightest of offences (once putting himself on report for failing to clean his mess kit, then chewing out his CO for ignoring the complaint) and prefers to use a flamethrower to "give [the Confederates and Mormons] a nice foretaste of hell before they get there."

* Dave Mustaine of {{Megadeth]]

-->'''- Major John Kendrick''', ''AFewGoodMen''

A subtrope is BadassPreacher, when said person is himself a religious leader. See also ReligiousBruiser or ChurchMilitant, when the real man fights ''for'' Jesus.

** Shepard can also be religious if you choose to in a conversation or he could possibly just be saying that just to get in Ashley's pants who the person who just said she believes in God thus resulting in Shepard to possibly say the same thing should the player choose to. And Shepard is the reincarnation of Chuck Norris. (No seriously, there is strong evidence ingame to point that out.)

** Thane Krios, a badass assassin who before and after every mission prays to his Gods to aid him in the mission, forgive him for killing and forgive the person he killed and should he die bring him to the Afterlife. (Note: I mean the spirtual afterlife...Not the club in Omega called "Afterlife.".)

* Pilgrims would hold Church service in the same building where the militia's powder was kept. Which means they could not light the stove in the middle of a New England winter. It was considered a [[MachoMasochism point of honor]] to stand straight and upright through the entire ''long'' service. When the started chattering the preacher would [[DrillSergentNasty shout]] out something like,[[ThisIsSparta Stand! And here the word of God!]] Apparently Pilgrims thought that the way of the Lord was similar to TheSpartanWay.

** Liara T'Soni, Matriarch Benezia's daughter. Probally 10x more powerfuler too. (Liara is one of the few squadmates who could probally kick Shepard's ass in both cutscenes. (Evident by Lair of The Shadow Broker DLC and Mass Effect 1 gameplay. She's better than the Adept Shepard at Biotics.) Her being religious however is debatable since there's no sign of her being devoutingly religious but tends to say "Goddess!" or "By the Goddess!" or "Goddess, what have I done"(An Asari God named Athame.

Contrast KnightTemplar.

->''"I have two books at my bedside, Lieutenant: The Marine Corps Code of Conduct and the King James Bible. The only proper authorities I am aware of are my commanding officer Colonel Nathan R. Jessup and the Lord our God."''
-->'''- Major John Kendrick''', AFewGoodMen


This character is a total BadAss and doen't seem to answer to anyone. Oh, but he does. He devoutly follows none other than [[{{God}} the Big Man himself]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment with much devotion]]. They study the Good Book, they do what it says, and won't miss church and often deeply conservative. Not necessarily Christian; their faith of choice varies widely depending on setting and how devout they are may vary, from simply strong to painfully religious. So basically, even the toughest badass needs to have some guidance through this life and hope.

A subtrope is BadassPreacher, when said person is a religious leader. See also: ReligiousBruiser or ChurchMilitant, when the real man fight ''for'' Jesus

Contrast KnightsTemplar.

* Scar from FullmetalAlchemist, though he struggles with his faith later on. Take note that the main character is something of a NayTheist

* TheBluesBrothers are on a MissionFromGod.
* Eli from HotLeadAndColdFeet. Though played as a "soft city boy", a pacifist and a bit of a nebbish, he routinely walks headlong into, and THROUGH, danger that would make far mightier men quail, to the point of being an ImplacableMan.
* The [[BashBrothers McManus Brothers]] from TheBoondockSaints are amazingly devout Irish-Catholics. They also assassinate drug lords, mafiosos, and other stupidly-dangerous criminals, some in broad daylight and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome once in a court of law]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight that was currently in session.]] In the sequel, mob bosses talk about how heart-attackingly scared they are of these men, not to mention their [[PapaWolf dad.]]
* Private Daniel Jackson from SavingPrivateRyan was a Christian sniper who always said a quick prayer and/or kissed the cross on his necklace just before blasting some Nazi straight to hell.
* In TheBookOfEli, Eli is most definitely a {{Badass}} for God. However [[spoiler:he has to learn throughout the movie to properly follow the words of the book that he so desperately wants to protect, leading to him ultimately giving up the Bible he had to save Solara's life. Although it helps that he memorized the whole thing during the thirty years he had it.]]

** Uh... they believe in God, sure, but I'm pretty sure they don't believe in ''Jesus''...