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* '''Invoked''': Earth is [[GreenAesop no longer habitable thanks to centuries of heavy pollution]], so those who are still alive board a spaceship heading to a habitable planet...but thanks to a little thing called The Laws of Physics, the journey is going to take decades, or even centuries.
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* '''Invoked''': Earth is [[GreenAesop no longer habitable thanks to centuries of heavy pollution]], so those who are still alive board a spaceship heading to a habitable planet... but thanks to a little thing called The Laws of Physics, the journey is going to take decades, or even centuries.
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'''Basic Trope''': The rules of a (usually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopraxy orthopraxic]]) religion present new and interesting challenges in a SciFi or other SpeculativeFiction setting.
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'''Basic Trope''': The rules of a (usually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopraxy orthopraxic]]) religion present new and interesting challenges in a SciFi ScienceFiction or other SpeculativeFiction setting.
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** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligiousRobot is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.]]
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** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligiousRobot is confused as to wether whether or not it has a soul.]]
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* '''Justified''': The church was founded centuries before space travel or the existence of alien was even an idea.
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* '''Justified''': The church was founded centuries before space travel or the existence of alien was aliens were even an idea.ideas.
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** "Of course you do, Beta-6. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want grandkids?]]"
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** "Of course you do, Beta-6.Gamma-7. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want grandkids?]]"
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** Alice is allowed to cleanse herself with holy oils rather than bathing in what is, to her, a deadly toxin.
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** Alice Aerith is allowed to cleanse herself with holy oils rather than bathing in what is, to her, a deadly toxin.
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** "Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want grandkids?]]"
** "If you define North as 'where the compass points,' pray facing the radiation screen. If you define North as 'the topmost place on Earth,' pray facing the bow."
** "If you define North as 'where the compass points,' pray facing the radiation screen. If you define North as 'the topmost place on Earth,' pray facing the bow."
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** "Of course you do, Epsilon-5.Beta-6. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want grandkids?]]"
** "If you define North as 'where the compass points,' pray facing the radiationscreen.screen core. If you define North as 'the topmost place on Earth,' pray facing the bow."
** "If you define North as 'where the compass points,' pray facing the radiation
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* '''Discussed''': "Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want grandkids?]]"
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** Alice is allowed to cleanse herself with holy oils rather than bathing in what is, to her, a deadly toxin.
*'''Discussed''': '''Discussed''':
** "Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't wantgrandkids?]]"grandkids?]]"
** "If you define North as 'where the compass points,' pray facing the radiation screen. If you define North as 'the topmost place on Earth,' pray facing the bow."
** "CentrifugalGravity? Hm, I'd say that North would be roughly analogous to Hubwards."
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** "Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want
** "If you define North as 'where the compass points,' pray facing the radiation screen. If you define North as 'the topmost place on Earth,' pray facing the bow."
** "CentrifugalGravity? Hm, I'd say that North would be roughly analogous to Hubwards."
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** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligiousRobot is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.]]
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** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligiousRobot [[ReligiousRobot is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.]]
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* '''Discussed''': "Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. And what parent doesn't want grandkids?"
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* '''Discussed''': "Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want grandkids?"grandkids?]]"
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* '''Defied''': The Church of CrystalDragonJesus changes the rules, or makes a concession for space colonies.
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* '''Defied''': The '''Defied''':
**The Church of CrystalDragonJesus changes the rules, or makes a concession for spacecolonies. colonies.
** The chaplain defines the bow as "North," as it was the top of the ship as it was being launched and North is the topmost part of the Earth.
**The Church of CrystalDragonJesus changes the rules, or makes a concession for space
** The chaplain defines the bow as "North," as it was the top of the ship as it was being launched and North is the topmost part of the Earth.
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** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligeousRobots is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.]]
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** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligeousRobots [[ReligiousRobot is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.]]
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** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.
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** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligeousRobots is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.]]
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** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???"Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. And what parent doesn't want grandkids?"
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** The Church requires its members to swim in the temple's sacred pool in order to become initiated. [[AerithAndBob Aerith]], meanwhile, is an alien whose chemical makeup is such that even touching water will lead to painful death.
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** The Church requires its members to swim in the temple's sacred pool in order to become initiated.initiated, or to take a ritual bath in it to purify themselves before worship. [[AerithAndBob Aerith]], meanwhile, is an alien whose chemical makeup is such that even touching water will lead to painful death.
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* '''Justified''': ???
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* '''Justified''': ???The church was founded centuries before space travel was even an idea.
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* '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob can't do ''anything'': all the available food on board is forbidden to them, DesignerBabies are created in {{Uterine Replicator}}s, [[FreeLoveFuture people on board regularly engage in orgies and/or other forms of non-procreative sex]] (also forbidden to AliceAndBob), and even non-religious programming on TV is forbidden to them. On top of them not having a place to pray and worship.
* '''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob practice a religion (such as Wicca) that places a heavy emphasis on the changing seasons...but they live near the equator, where seasonal changes are so subtle they tend to go unnoticed by a lot of people.
* '''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob practice a religion (such as Wicca) that places a heavy emphasis on the changing seasons...but they live near the equator, where seasonal changes are so subtle they tend to go unnoticed by a lot of people.
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* '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob Alice and Bob can't do ''anything'': all the available food on board is forbidden to them, DesignerBabies are created in {{Uterine Replicator}}s, [[FreeLoveFuture people on board regularly engage in orgies and/or other forms of non-procreative sex]] (also forbidden to AliceAndBob), Alice and Bob), and even non-religious programming on TV is forbidden to them. On top of them not having a place to pray and worship.
* '''Downplayed''':AliceAndBob Alice and Bob practice a religion (such as Wicca) that places a heavy emphasis on the changing seasons...but they live near the equator, where seasonal changes are so subtle they tend to go unnoticed by a lot of people.
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* '''Inverted''': If anything, it becomes ''easier'' to practice their faith.
* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live on a manmade [[SpaceStation space colony]] at one of the [=LaGrange=] points, that has a stable orbit and magnetic field, and thus a North to orient their church towards.
* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live on a manmade [[SpaceStation space colony]] at one of the [=LaGrange=] points, that has a stable orbit and magnetic field, and thus a North to orient their church towards.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** If anything, it becomes ''easier'' to practice theirfaith.
faith.
** The religion was devised as a joke, and its initiation ceremony requires members to [[{{Squick}} peel off their skins and wear them inside out]]... which eventually becomes possible - [[BizarreAlienBiology for certain definitions of "skins"]] - among extraterrestrial beings who take the religion seriously.
** God is proven to be real. This makes it harder for Alice and Bob to preach their [[FlatEarthAtheist lack of faith.]]
* '''Subverted''':AliceAndBob Alice and Bob live on a manmade [[SpaceStation space colony]] at one of the [=LaGrange=] points, that has a stable orbit and magnetic field, and thus a North to orient their church towards.
** If anything, it becomes ''easier'' to practice their
** The religion was devised as a joke, and its initiation ceremony requires members to [[{{Squick}} peel off their skins and wear them inside out]]... which eventually becomes possible - [[BizarreAlienBiology for certain definitions of "skins"]] - among extraterrestrial beings who take the religion seriously.
** God is proven to be real. This makes it harder for Alice and Bob to preach their [[FlatEarthAtheist lack of faith.]]
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* '''Parodied''': The gospel specifically mentions that all members of the faith must visit Jordan's Old-Fashioned Hot Dog Stand twice a week and order their Cranberry Sauce Delight dog with a side of fries or risk being offered as a HumanSacrifice. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob only have access to a Jordan's ''Home-Style'' Hot Dog Stand.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects of AliceAndBob's religion are workable, some are not.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects of AliceAndBob's religion are workable, some are not.
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* '''Parodied''': The gospel specifically mentions that all members of the faith must visit Jordan's Old-Fashioned Hot Dog Stand twice a week and order their Cranberry Sauce Delight dog with a side of fries or risk being offered as a HumanSacrifice. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob Alice and Bob only have access to a Jordan's ''Home-Style'' Hot Dog Stand.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects ofAliceAndBob's Alice and Bob's religion are workable, some are not.
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** AliceAndBob are {{Secular Hero}}es.
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** AliceAndBob Alice and Bob are {{Secular Hero}}es.
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* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live on a manmade [[SpaceColonies space colony]] at one of the LaGrange points, that has a stable orbit and magnetic field, and thus a North to orient their church towards.
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* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live on a manmade [[SpaceColonies [[SpaceStation space colony]] at one of the LaGrange [=LaGrange=] points, that has a stable orbit and magnetic field, and thus a North to orient their church towards.
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* '''Basic Trope''': The rules of a (usually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopraxy orthopraxic]]) religion present new and interesting challenges in a SciFi or other SpeculativeFiction setting.
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** The Church requires it's members to swim in the temple's sacred pool in order to become initiated. [[AerithAndBob Aerith]], meanwhile, is an alien whose chemical makeup is such that even touching water will lead to painful death.
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** The Church requires it's its members to swim in the temple's sacred pool in order to become initiated. [[AerithAndBob Aerith]], meanwhile, is an alien whose chemical makeup is such that even touching water will lead to painful death.
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* '''Parodied''': ???The gospel specifically mentions that all members of the faith must visit Jordan's Old-Fashioned Hot Dog Stand twice a week and order their Cranberry Sauce Delight dog with a side of fries or risk being offered as a HumanSacrifice. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob only have access to a Jordan's ''Home-Style'' Hot Dog Stand.
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* '''Averted''': AliceAndBob are {{Secular Hero}}es.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** AliceAndBob are {{Secular Hero}}es.
** AliceAndBob are {{Secular Hero}}es.
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* '''Defied''': The church of CrystalDragonJesus changes the rules, or makes a concession for space colonies.
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* '''Defied''': The church Church of CrystalDragonJesus changes the rules, or makes a concession for space colonies.
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* '''Straight''': The Church of CrystalDragonJesus requires that all of its buildings face the true North, else prayers won't get to ThePowersThatBe. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob are drifting through space on a GenerationShip after Earth is no longer habitable, where there ''is'' no North.
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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
** The Church of CrystalDragonJesus requires that all of its buildings face the true North, else prayers won't get to ThePowersThatBe. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob are drifting through space on a GenerationShip after Earth is no longer habitable, where there ''is'' no North.
** The Church requires it's members to swim in the temple's sacred pool in order to become initiated. [[AerithAndBob Aerith]], meanwhile, is an alien whose chemical makeup is such that even touching water will lead to painful death.
** The Church of CrystalDragonJesus requires that all of its buildings face the true North, else prayers won't get to ThePowersThatBe. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob are drifting through space on a GenerationShip after Earth is no longer habitable, where there ''is'' no North.
** The Church requires it's members to swim in the temple's sacred pool in order to become initiated. [[AerithAndBob Aerith]], meanwhile, is an alien whose chemical makeup is such that even touching water will lead to painful death.
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*'''Basic Trope''': The rules of a (usually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopraxy orthopraxic]]) religion present new and interesting challenges in a SciFi or other SpeculativeFiction setting.
*'''Straight''': The Church of CrystalDragonJesus requires that all of its buildings face the true North, else prayers won't get to ThePowersThatBe. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob are drifting through space on a GenerationShip after Earth is no longer habitable, where there ''is'' no North.
*'''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob can't do ''anything'': all the available food on board is forbidden to them, DesignerBabies are created in {{Uterine Replicator}}s, [[FreeLoveFuture people on board regularly engage in orgies and/or other forms of non-procreative sex]] (also forbidden to AliceAndBob), and even non-religious programming on TV is forbidden to them. On top of them not having a place to pray and worship.
*'''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob practice a religion (such as Wicca) that places a heavy emphasis on the changing seasons...but they live near the equator, where seasonal changes are so subtle they tend to go unnoticed by a lot of people.
*'''Justified''': ???
*'''Inverted''': If anything, it becomes ''easier'' to practice their faith.
*'''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live on a manmade [[SpaceColonies space colony]] at one of the LaGrange points, that has a stable orbit and magnetic field, and thus a North to orient their church towards.
*'''Double Subverted''': Something goes awry, and the colony is flung off into space, with no more North to speak of.
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects of AliceAndBob's religion are workable, some are not.
*'''Averted''': AliceAndBob are {{Secular Hero}}es.
** [[CrazyPrepared The religion has made a concession to these issues]], or there's [[LoopholeAbuse a loophole somewhere]].
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "Does your spaceship have a North? We can only pray facing North."
*'''Invoked''': Earth is [[GreenAesop no longer habitable thanks to centuries of heavy pollution]], so those who are still alive board a spaceship heading to a habitable planet...but thanks to a little thing called The Laws of Physics, the journey is going to take decades, or even centuries.
*'''Exploited''': The Church of CrystalDragonJesus creates its own theocratic space colony, with a means to worship (as they deem) properly.
*'''Defied''': The church of CrystalDragonJesus changes the rules, or makes a concession for space colonies.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
*'''Straight''': The Church of CrystalDragonJesus requires that all of its buildings face the true North, else prayers won't get to ThePowersThatBe. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob are drifting through space on a GenerationShip after Earth is no longer habitable, where there ''is'' no North.
*'''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob can't do ''anything'': all the available food on board is forbidden to them, DesignerBabies are created in {{Uterine Replicator}}s, [[FreeLoveFuture people on board regularly engage in orgies and/or other forms of non-procreative sex]] (also forbidden to AliceAndBob), and even non-religious programming on TV is forbidden to them. On top of them not having a place to pray and worship.
*'''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob practice a religion (such as Wicca) that places a heavy emphasis on the changing seasons...but they live near the equator, where seasonal changes are so subtle they tend to go unnoticed by a lot of people.
*'''Justified''': ???
*'''Inverted''': If anything, it becomes ''easier'' to practice their faith.
*'''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live on a manmade [[SpaceColonies space colony]] at one of the LaGrange points, that has a stable orbit and magnetic field, and thus a North to orient their church towards.
*'''Double Subverted''': Something goes awry, and the colony is flung off into space, with no more North to speak of.
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects of AliceAndBob's religion are workable, some are not.
*'''Averted''': AliceAndBob are {{Secular Hero}}es.
** [[CrazyPrepared The religion has made a concession to these issues]], or there's [[LoopholeAbuse a loophole somewhere]].
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "Does your spaceship have a North? We can only pray facing North."
*'''Invoked''': Earth is [[GreenAesop no longer habitable thanks to centuries of heavy pollution]], so those who are still alive board a spaceship heading to a habitable planet...but thanks to a little thing called The Laws of Physics, the journey is going to take decades, or even centuries.
*'''Exploited''': The Church of CrystalDragonJesus creates its own theocratic space colony, with a means to worship (as they deem) properly.
*'''Defied''': The church of CrystalDragonJesus changes the rules, or makes a concession for space colonies.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???