The Discworld gods are the best, but it's hard to come up with an original one now...
Redundism.
A multitheistic religion.
Opthalmauditus: The all-seeing god. Sees everything, and hears all prayers, but can't be arsed to do anything about it. Generally iritable due to lack of sleep. They just won't stop praying!.
Cerebrallus: The all-knowing god. Knows all, but has no power to communicate or to manifest in the world. He just is, and can't do anything about it. Of course, he knows how to do something about his predicament, he just can't.
Archaeape: God of evolution. A real lazy bugger, in charge of evolution, but of course doesn't need to do anything, because it takes care of itself. Was aware of this when he took the job, and was probably the reason for his choice.
Pilcrepap: God of Stuff. Has a power in the world: to bring paperclips and rubber bands into existence, usually inside bags and vases, or behind wardrobes. Can transmute biros into teaspoons, and vice versa, so that when you want to find one, you can only find the other. Also in charge of spam.
Temporus: Goddess of Time Travel. Her job is to make sure that time travellers don't screw up the space time continuum by straightening out the chains of causality. Allows for someone to become their own parent (parents, if you're cunning enough). Unfortunately no one has yet discovered time travel, so she has little to do. Ironically, she is not even certain if time travel is possible.
Finally: Dene, the Creator. Hired to create the universe, which he did, with a snap of his fingers, 13.6 billion years ago. However, this made him superfluous, and now spends his days at home watching reruns of Sanford & Son. The other gods have suggested that he should have been more imaginative with the Act of Creation, doing something that could inspire the inhabitants to make cool legends about it, and something that would have taken up more of his time. Dene suggested that they go jump off a bridge.
Redundists forbid bungie-jumping using cords made from sweet wrappers, knitting is prohibited on the 29th of February if it is also a full moon and a wednesday. "I hate Mondays" T-shirts must also be worn occasionally, prefferably on Mondays.
Their view on death goes something like this: "if there is an afterlife, then that is all fine and dandy, and cool for us. But if there isn't, then we won't be around to complain. So what's the problem?"
Standing around while wondering what the hell to do next is considered a form of worship.
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