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** Inverted Parody: The civilisations people are all deeply spiritual people who follow ParodyReligions in a state of seeming ignorance to the nature of their faith.
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** Inverted Parody: The civilisations people are all deeply spiritual people who follow ParodyReligions [[ParodyReligion Parody Religions]] in a state of seeming ignorance to the nature of their faith.
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* '''Exploited''': "Hello! I am Glugga, an alien from another planet. I came here after learning that your society has no religion. [[KnockingOnHeathensDoor May I have a few moments of your time]] to tell you about our lord and savior [[Characters/CthulhuMythos Yog Sothoth]]?"
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* '''Exploited''': "Hello! I am Glugga, an alien from another planet. I came here after learning that your society has no religion. [[KnockingOnHeathensDoor May I have a few moments of your time]] to tell you about our lord and savior [[Characters/CthulhuMythos Yog Sothoth]]?" Yog-Sothoth]]?"
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** The gods demonstrably exist, but the civilization [[NayTheist keeps them at arms length]], and is advanced enough to get away with it.
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** The gods demonstrably exist, but the civilization [[NayTheist keeps them at arms arm's length]], and is advanced enough to get away with it.
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** Somebody discovers a long-forgotten religious text. He reads it, becomes engrossed with it, and begins preaching it's tenets in public. This leads to a massive religious revival.
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** Somebody discovers a long-forgotten religious text. He reads it, becomes engrossed with it, and begins preaching it's its tenets in public. This leads to a massive religious revival.
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** Once the society reaches the advanced stages of it's predecessors it secularizes again.
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** Once the society reaches the advanced stages of it's its predecessors it secularizes again.
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* '''Downplayed''': Religion still exists in a highly advanced civilization, but since faith is seen as a more personal thing, open displays of belief are rare.
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** Religion still exists in a highly advanced civilization, but since faith is seen as a more personal thing, open displays of belief arerare.rare.
** The gods demonstrably exist, but the civilization [[NayTheist keeps them at arms length]], and is advanced enough to get away with it.
** Religion still exists in a highly advanced civilization, but since faith is seen as a more personal thing, open displays of belief are
** The gods demonstrably exist, but the civilization [[NayTheist keeps them at arms length]], and is advanced enough to get away with it.
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** The society is a totalitarian state that imposes atheism on the population through persecution, torture, and the destruction of religious sites and artifacts, with a mandatory CultOfPersonality centered around the Supreme Leader serving as the de facto religion.
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** The society is a totalitarian state that imposes atheism on the population through persecution, torture, and the destruction of religious sites and artifacts, with artifacts. The despot hectors about avoiding superstition in the name of progress while building a mandatory fanatical CultOfPersonality centered around the Supreme Leader serving himself as the de facto religion.
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** They may have 'outgrown such silly superstitions' as (theistic) religion, but that does absolutely nothing to eliminate [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalism]], or stop them from doing [[MoralMyopia things they would object to if done by cultures that still have religion]] such as going out and forcibly 'advancing' other cultures.
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** They may have 'outgrown such silly superstitions' as (theistic) religion, but that does absolutely nothing to eliminate [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalism]], or stop them from doing [[MoralMyopia things they would object to if done by cultures that still have religion]] such as going out and forcibly 'advancing' other cultures. Being athiest does not make society any better. The ruler of the society is still capable of fanaticism and violence, albeit in the name of ideology rather than religion.
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** Being an atheist does not make society any better. The ruler of the society is still capable of fanaticism and violence, albeit in the name of ideology rather than religion.
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** The character who insists they outgrew the silly superstitions of religion is a jackass with IrrationalHatred, plain and simple. You would think that someone who is allegedly beyond (and thus against) the teachings of texts that occasionally spouse being hostile to those who don't follow them would give credence to the concept of "live and let live".
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** Being an atheist does not make society any better. The ruler of the society is still capable of fanaticism and violence, albeit in the name of ideology rather than religion.
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** The advanced civilization starts out as advanced, but a religious time traveler talks to them about their lord and savior Cthulu.
** The future society, at first, seems to be incredibly enlightened and modern. And then it turns out the denizens practice ritual sacrifice.
** The future society, at first, seems to be incredibly enlightened and modern. And then it turns out the denizens practice ritual sacrifice.
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** The religious codes of their past focused on themes like justice, mercy, peace, and self-control. With no holy form of morality, things go downhill very quickly as many people become violent, selfish, corrupt, and hedonistic who mock the pious and faithful, causing the [[LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair advanced civilization to be destroyed in hubris]].
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** The religious codes founders of their past focused the civilization were highly religious, preaching on themes like justice, mercy, peace, and self-control. With no holy form of morality, self-control, and that religion acted as a moral guide to the people. Centuries later, as religion has become more and more rare, things go downhill very quickly without that moral guide as many people become violent, selfish, corrupt, and hedonistic seculars who mock the pious and faithful, causing the [[LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair advanced civilization to be destroyed in hubris]].
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** Being able to view the distant past with technology surprisingly [[DoingInTheScientest revealed religions were literally true]].
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** Being able to view the distant past with technology surprisingly [[DoingInTheScientest [[DoingInTheScientist revealed religions were literally true]].
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** Being able to view the distant past with technology allowed for outright disproving of supposed origins of all known religions.
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** Being able to view the distant past with technology allowed for outright disproving of supposed origins of all known religions.surprisingly [[DoingInTheScientest revealed religions were literally true]].
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