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do you think they had some kind of religion in Tenara on Novus?
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Originally posted by slimjim View Postthere must be some supernatural element to their beliefs as there isn't enough logic or science to back them up
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Originally posted by Quizziard View PostI possibly disagree: when the first survivors realised they were abandoned, Dr. Rush was still aboard Destiny and would come to find/rescue them. That is a belief based on personal observation. Which, even allowing for realising there had been time-travel, would still be a belief based on experience. Later it would be belief based on parental, grand-parental and then anecdotal belief. The basis of a religion...
"The basis of a religion" their are many many religious people who covert at some point adulthood, although what your referring to does exist but it's a problem that doesn't just include religious beliefs, it includes an entire range of beliefs and view points parents see nothing wrong with telling kids are right when their at an age when they will believe anything their told.... but fortunately I'm inclined to believe availability of information in our modern age is helping to prevent people carrying the beliefs they where given as children all though life without questioning them, I think that's why atheism is more common these days and why I reject "the entire population is in denial" explanation as Novus is clearly advanced enough to be well into it's information age and unless Futura is some kind of information controlling dictatorship it's primary religion would have to at least half way reasonable in it's beliefs for it not to die out
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Originally posted by Quizziard View PostWhy? He's done near-miraculous things before.
also there that "worship" comment line, if they just think he's a very smart man on a space ship not a supernatural being why would they worship him? what good would it do?
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Originally posted by jeri View PostHumans always crave some kind of belief system in higher powers that brought them into existence, usually what we consider religion. The reaction of the Novins to meeting Destiny's crew, and esp. Rush (saying he was a demon), seems like they had made a religion out of their ancestors. The original people became divided over who was better to follow, Rush or Young, over time these beliefs become religious. Even a society based in science will have those in it who will invent religious traditions.sigpic
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