User blog comment:The Joker~/Religion in TES/@comment-76.93.61.174-20120814063546

There is little to no solid evidence of the divines existence. There are things that happen that we say are the work of the divines. In Oblivion we saw a giant gold dragon defeat Mehrunes Dagon. We were told that it was Akatosh, but the dragon itself never stopped and said "Hey everybody, i'm Akatosh! Pleased to make your acquaintance!"

The 8/9 Divines have never truly revealed themselves in a undisputable way. As with earthly religons, you can take any event and say it was the work of a god. You can then say it was the work of any god you choose it to be. There is no way to prove it wrong. The only true and undisputable way to prove it is if they themselves show up, say who they are, and say they totally just did that thing. (And maybe do some cool god magic too. =D )

The Daedric Princes are the only true deities as they quite frequently address themelves by name and quite frequently screw with your pathetic mortal life.

Also, even if people believe in the divines, they may not choose to worship them. They may just not be religious people, or may believe in multiple sets of deities but only choose to worship one.

What's that? No I didn't forget, i'll tell them.

Arkay says to remind you he does exist.