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== Hadīqūt ==

Hadīqūt (out-of-universe note: this is a loan translation from Greek ''eusébeia'', which translates ''dharma'') is an offshoot of Punic religion that among other things condemns both human and animal sacrifice; its beliefs are somewhat poorly attested because of Christian suppression, but evidence about it survives in Latin and Greek texts.

It is forbidden to overexploit sacred groves (''2šrym''/''2ašērīm'', ''2šr''/''2ōšēr'' is collectivized from ''2šrt''/''2ašērō'')

In translation, a Hadīqūt teacher is described as teaching as follows: "The Way of Piety is justice and righteousness; lovingkindness towards every soul and refraining from wrongdoing towards any of them; and steadfast devotion to the study and practice of Piety."

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== Modern Knench religion ==

Qhirom ben-Qhenni constructs a neo-Hadīqūt; he translates many Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain texts into Knench. He views paganism as natural, rather than racial/essential to IE-speaking people. (Re Judaism, he notes how Rabbinic Judaism encourages pluralism, and he even sees some common cause with the Tanakh itself, because some objectionable things it condemns were also condemned by the Hadīqīm)

There is a "xenharmony but for religion" culture of comparative religion

Qhirom ben-Qhenni constructs a neo-Hadīqūt to rebel against what he views as the exclusivism of Christianity; he translates many Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain texts into Knench. He views paganism as natural, rather than racial/essential to IE-speaking people. (He studies Judaism just like any non-Christian religion and focuses on the rabbinical texts; he notes how Rabbinic Judaism encourages pluralism in interpretation, and he even sees some common cause with the Tanakh itself, because some objectionable things it condemns were also condemned by the Hadīqīm. Thus he emphasizes that Jews are not the enemy of pluralism.)

Some Qhirom coinages:

* ''ḧadac'' "dharma, law"

* ''esyr'' "sacred grove"

Another Knench scholar Mathaj Faros disagrees somewhat, saying that he can't believe in any gods because he already started out disbelieving in most gods thanks to Christianity

Another Knenchman, Antre Niri, proposes a more Japanese model for neopaganism

Most modern Knench people describe themselves as not being in any particular religion, because of the enduring influence of "xen-religion" in Knench culture. Among the religious, the largest religions are Christianity > syncretic paganism (modeled after Indian and Japanese paganisms) > Judaism ≈ Islam (People usually don't go from Christianity/Islam to paganism, they go to irreligion)

~~Most modern~~ Knench people ~~are~~ irreligious~~; among the religious, the largest religion is Christianity, then syncretic paganism, then Judaism ≈ Islam (People usually don't go from Christianity/Islam to paganism~~, ~~they go to irreligion)~~

Many Knench people, even nominally irreligious people and Christians, have folk beliefs

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 == Hadīqūt ==
 Hadīqūt (out-of-universe note: this is a loan translation from Greek ''eusébeia'', which translates ''dharma'') is an offshoot of Punic religion that among other things condemns both human and animal sacrifice; its beliefs are somewhat poorly attested because of Christian suppression, but evidence about it survives in Latin and Greek texts.
+<!--It is forbidden to overexploit sacred groves (''2šrym''/''2ašērīm'', ''2šr''/''2ōšēr'' is collectivized from ''2šrt''/''2ašērō'')-->
-It is forbidden to overexploit sacred groves (''2šrym''/''2ašērīm'', ''2šr''/''2ōšēr'' is collectivized from ''2šrt''/''2ašērō'')
 In translation, a Hadīqūt teacher is described as teaching as follows: "The Way of Piety is justice and righteousness; lovingkindness towards every soul and refraining from wrongdoing towards any of them; and steadfast devotion to the study and practice of Piety."
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 == Modern Knench religion ==
-Qhirom ben-Qhenni constructs a neo-Hadīqūt; he translates many Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain texts into Knench. He views paganism as natural, rather than racial/essential to IE-speaking people. (Re Judaism, he notes how Rabbinic Judaism encourages pluralism, and he even sees some common cause with the Tanakh itself, because some objectionable things it condemns were also condemned by the Hadīqīm)
+There is a "xenharmony but for religion" culture of comparative religion
+Qhirom ben-Qhenni constructs a neo-Hadīqūt to rebel against what he views as the exclusivism of Christianity; he translates many Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain texts into Knench. He views paganism as natural, rather than racial/essential to IE-speaking people. (He studies Judaism just like any non-Christian religion and focuses on the rabbinical texts; he notes how Rabbinic Judaism encourages pluralism in interpretation, and he even sees some common cause with the Tanakh itself, because some objectionable things it condemns were also condemned by the Hadīqīm. Thus he emphasizes that Jews are not the enemy of pluralism.)
+Some Qhirom coinages:
+* ''ḧadac'' "dharma, law"
+* ''esyr'' "sacred grove"
+Another Knench scholar Mathaj Faros disagrees somewhat, saying that he can't believe in any gods because he already started out disbelieving in most gods thanks to Christianity
+Another Knenchman, Antre Niri, proposes a more Japanese model for neopaganism
+Most modern Knench people describe themselves as not being in any particular religion, because of the enduring influence of "xen-religion" in Knench culture. Among the religious, the largest religions are Christianity > syncretic paganism (modeled after Indian and Japanese paganisms) > Judaism ≈ Islam (People usually don't go from Christianity/Islam to paganism, they go to irreligion)
-Most modern Knench people are irreligious; among the religious, the largest religion is Christianity, then syncretic paganism, then Judaism ≈ Islam (People usually don't go from Christianity/Islam to paganism, they go to irreligion)
+Many Knench people, even nominally irreligious people and Christians, have folk beliefs