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Religion

Religion is one of the most powerful factors in human history. The power of faith and religious belief has created two stellar nations, and even beyond the borders of the Hatire Community and the Orlamu Theocracy, more than half of all sentients consider themselves believers in one faith or another. Even those who don’t profess a particular belief system are affected by religious forces. All religions struggle with the issues of faith and destiny. It’s not enough to simply look back on the words of prophets and ancient texts. People want to know where they’re going—as a culture, as a nation, as species. As humanity and its allies adapt to their first few centuries in space, their solutions to the puzzle of belief have become more complicated than ever.

Hatire

Humanity Reformation

Insightful

Orlamism

Old Earth Religions

Waves of emigration from humanity’s homeworld have yet to weaken the venerable belief systems developed on its surface. Some have seen a percentage decrease in their numbers compared to the whole of the population. This decline can be partly attributed to the same factors that led to the First Galactic War; far from religious centers and leadership that were still based within the Sol system, faith among the colonial powers wandered. It’s also likely that the discovery of non-human sentient life—and the unfriendly response that more conservative religious groups offered—played a role in decreasing the attendance of some Old Earth churches, synagogues and temples.

Yet as human population has grown, so have the numbers of followers of most Old Earth faiths. Missionaries sent to convert the alien species have enjoyed some moderate success as well. More than one and a half trillion sentient beings follow an Old Earth faith. All of the major religions in existence prior to the discovery of the stardrive still flourish, including Christianity (in all its denominations), Buddhism (in Theravada, Mahayana, and Tantric branches), Islam (both Sunni and Shia), Judaism (in all of its sects and divisions), and Hinduism (in three major traditions encompassing a variety of sects).

Alien Religions

The alien species encountered by humanity haven’t embraced human religions as quickly as they’ve embraced human technology. Indeed, all of the sentient species have offered up their own answers to religious questions—though most humans find these answers almost incomprehensible.

Fraal Philosophies of Mind

Mechalus Credo

Sesheyan Fable Animism

T'sa Ch'Nalism

The Weren Heresies

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