To an adherent of the Paleo diet, a bean salad is considered a menace to the universe to the likes of Nomad, an indestructible planet-destroying space probe from the original Star Trek series.

In Zen, adherents have to be mindful in living in the "now."

After the prophet's death, the adherents of the new religion began a great missionary war to conquer new territories.

In science, if there is a mistake in theory or data, scientists try to correct it. Science is a self-correcting paradigm, unlike religion. In religion, if adherents think that some beliefs are not correct, some opt to create a new religion.

Most Algerians are adherents of the Sunni Islamic faith.

At the beginning, many adherents proposed one or another little reform. Democratically, Zamenhof gave ear to all and reported them with faithful care in the La Esperantisto magazine.

Adherents of various religions live in Belarus.

Adherents of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster are known as Pastafari.

The Mormons have outlawed polygamy, but some adherents still practice it.

Buddhism, unlike other religions, is not theocentric or god-centred, but it does not preclude an adherent from believing in the existence of gods.