#but it's just smth that I haven't given myself the space to do properly

[nyehilismwriting]

how prevalent is religion in the PH universe? I'm guessing not very much and obviously it's not part of the operatives' lives but, for example, are/could there be pockets of humans who are religious? I'm not sure I'm wording this right haha I hope it's understandable

it definitely exists! ofc with the advances in science and space travel some things are recontextualised, with some beliefs becoming less prevalent and others becoming more so, but certainly science and religion aren't mutually exclusive and it's still pretty prevalent. some planets are more religious or more spiritually homogenous than others, but there's no galaxy-wide dominant religion or anything like that.

I think religion in scifi is a really interesting topic and smth worth exploring! I'm not doing it in hadea bc it's kind of beyond the scope of the game with everything else I wanted to include, so the characters are by and large generically nonpractising but that's not bc religion has been wiped out or is considered archaic or disproven on a galactic level.

#I think it's a very boring take to say that science at a certain level simply cancels out religion or spiritual belief #and I think people will always find things to believe in. I think that's part of human nature and I'd like to think more about the interpla #of that with things like AI. how does that intersect with ideas about souls?? #but it's just smth that I haven't given myself the space to do properly #anon