Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God

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I can hate a fictional character within the context of its fictional setting; it can arouse emotions in me. Those emotions don't carry over into the real world. I don't really hate that character as if it was real. I don't go and beat the shit out of an actor playing a character I hate.

I've heard of people doing this actually. Maybe not beating up, but hurling abuse at actors from soap operas because they seem to think the person is actually the character.