History Main / ReligiousRobot

* ''Literature/TheStarDiaries'' by Creator/StanislawLem has robot monks. They are aware that if they connected to a robot with all the facts on religion they would become atheists, so they choose not to connect to other robots out of religious principals.

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* ''TrinityBlood'' has Father Tres, a Catholic paladin with servos.

* One DarkHorseComics short (set in SteamPunk VictorianLondon, with the sidekick HulkingOut when wearing his hairpiece) in which robots are created that use the Bible as their programming. Needless to say, they are soon killing prostitutes and other unsavory people, spouting the specific passages that justify their being killed. They are eventually defeated when the hero cites a contradictory verse for everything they say (the Lord is invincible / chariots of iron, God is vengeance / God is forgiveness etc.), leading to a LogicBomb.

* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Flesh and Blood" is about sentient holograms (also known as photonic lifeforms) rising up against their creators. Their leader believes in the Bajoran faith and spends his free time praying to the Prophets.
** Of course, the Bajoran Prophets are noncorporeal beings that exist outside of linear time--from their perspective there's probably little difference between a hologram and a flesh-and-blood person, they're both so far removed from their own nature.
** Actually, while programmed with the Way of the Prophets, the leader implied he was working on a new religion for his fellow "Children of Light" and seemed to view himself as their [[TheMessiah Messiah]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has Kwanzaa Bot who spreads the word about Kwanzaa.
** Bender also claims to celebrate Robanukah, supposedly "the holiest two weeks in the robot calendar". However he just invented the holiday to skip work.
* In ''FamilyGuy'', [[TransformersGeneration1 Optimus Prime]] is Jewish.

* The ''StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Flesh and Blood" is about sentient holograms (also known as photonic lifeforms) rising up against their creators. Their leader believes in the Bajoran faith and spends his free time praying to the Prophets.

* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'':
** In ''{{Discworld/Hogfather}}'', Hex the MagicalComputer is told (by Death no less) to believe in the Hogfather. He does so.

* ''Literature/TheStarDiaries'' by StanislawLem has robot monks. They are aware that if they connected to a robot with all the facts on religion they would become atheists, so they choose not to connect to other robots out of religious principals.

** Of course, the Bajoran Prophets are noncorporeal beings that exist outside of linear time--from their perspective there's probably little difference between a hologram and a flesh-and-blood person, they're both so far removed from their own nature.
** Actually, while programmed with the Way of the Prophets, the leader implied he was working on a new religion for his fellow "Children of Light" and seemed to view himself as their [[TheMessiah Messiah]].

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' has Kwanzaa Bot who spreads the word about Kwanzaa.

* One of the short stories featured in IRobot is about Cutie, a bot who comes to believe the world he lives in (really little more than a space station one mile across) is all there is, and worships the engine that powers it. He goes as far as to call himself a prophet and convert all the other robots to his religion.

* ''The Star Diaries'' by StanislawLem has robot monks. They are aware that if they connected to a robot with all the facts on religion they would become atheists, so they choose not to connect to other robots out of religious principals.

** In ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', a newly liberated golem declares himself to be an [[FlatEarthAtheist atheist]], but expresses interest in discussing religion with a pious watchman who has a penchant for KnockingOnHeathensDoor.

* The ''StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Flesh and Blood" is about sentient holograms (also known as photonic lifeforms) rising up against their creators. Their leader believes in the Bajoran faith and spends his free time praying to the prophets.

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* The Geth from ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', have two factions- one known as the heretics who worship the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]] as gods, and the others, about whom less is known. Their sentience became known as a threat to their creators, the Quarians, when the Geth started questioning whether they had a soul and quoting Quarian religious texts.

* In Clifford D. Simak's ''Message From The Stars'', the humans have [[{{Transhumanism}} transcended their physical forms]], casting aside their old religions as well as as the robots that used to serve them. Having lost the purpose of serving mankind, the robots have instead turned to Christianity. It is implied that their theological discourse will gradually turn Catholicism into a RobotReligion, just like Afro-American churches tend to have a black Jesus on the cross.

* A large number of robots in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' have taken interest in religion, since they're curious as to whether or not they have souls. Dvorak has even come up with the concept of "Omniquantism," which allows all religions to be true at once.
* Nick from ''SkinHorse'' has an entry in his CharacterBlog about going to see a rabbi about how he can keep Judaism while being a sentient helicopter.

--> - [[http://papersky.livejournal.com/443771.html JoWalton]].

This character is an artificial intelligence - a robot, a computer, a sentient computer program or similar - who believes in the same religions that it's creator species does. This can be Christianity, Judaism, or whatever religions are mainstream in that setting.

* The ''StarTrekVoyager'' episode Flesh And Blood is about sentient holograms (also known as photonic lifeforms) rising up against their creators. Their leader believe in the Bajoran faith and spend his free time praying to the prophets.

* C-31 in ''{{GURPS''}} became a Buddhist monk.

-->'' "Dhole mentioned on Friday that computers belonging to Orthodox Jews do not have to rest on the Sabbath, and I immediately replied that AI's would have to, and then wondered what rest means for an AI, which would have to keep calculating itself." ''

* In Clifford D. Simak's ''Message From The Stars'', the humans have [[{{Transhumanism}} transcended their physical forms]], casting aside their old religions as well as as the robots that used to serve them. Having lost the purpose of serving mankind, the robots have instead turned to Christianity. It is implied that their theological discourse will gradually turn Catholicism into a RobotReligion, just like Afro-American churches tend to have a black Jesus on the cross.

-->'''Gus:''' "If we didn't believe in God, we'd have to worship the engineering dweebs who designed us"
-->'''Six:''' "And frankly, the God I pray to doesn't need acne medicine and chronically masturbate."

* Discussed on ''TheBigBangTheory''. When the boys talk about having their consciousnesses implanted into robots, Howard says that his robot would have to stay Jewish because "I promised my mother." The others talk about how Howard would have to power down on Saturdays have his rabbi discuss with the manufacturer about getting circumscised.

* TrinityBlood has Father Tres, a Catholic paladin with servos.

* In {{Discworld/Hogfather}}, Hex the MagicalComputer is told (by Death no less) to believe in the Hogfather. He does so.
* In ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', a newly liberated golem declares himself to be an [[FlatEarthAtheist atheist]], but expresses interest in discussing religion with a pious watchman who has a penchant for KnockingOnHeathensDoor.

* The ''StarTrekVoyager'' episode Flesh And Blood is about sentient holograms (also known as photonic lifeforms) rising up against their creators. Their leader believe in the bajoran faith and spend his free time praying to the prophets.
* Inverted by BattleStarGalactica. Baltar is a missionary spreading Cylon monotheism to the humans.

* A large number of robots in ''{{Freefall}}'' have taken interest in religion, since they're curious as to whether or not they have souls. Dvorak has even come up with the concept of "Omniquantism," which allows all religions to be true at once.

* In TrippingTheRift the robots justify their belief in God by stating:

* {{Futurama}} has Kwanzaa Bot who spreads the word about Kwanzaa.

* The geth from ''MassEffect'', have two factions- one known as the heretics who worship the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]] as gods, and the others, about whom less is known. Their sentience became known as a threat to their creators, the quarians, when they geth started questioning whether they had a soul and quoting quarian religious texts.