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| ==Religion and civic religion== | | ==Religion and civic religion== |
| :''Main article: [[Verse:Tricin/Ngronaism]] | | :''Main article: [[Verse:Tricin/Ngronaism]] |
| ===Early Etalocian religion===
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| The oldest religious traditions include ancient Clofabic, Talmic, and Windermere paganisms.
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| Pre-Great Calamities archaeological finds indicate that human sacrifice was practiced in the earliest stages of Etalocian religion. Human sacrifice had been banned among the Windermere before the Great Calamities, but continued to be practiced among the Thensarians until the Great Calamities.
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| ===Second Mover===
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| Etalocians' principal religious innovation is the concept of the ''Second Mover'' (Eevo: ''Feesd Arn'', Clofabosin: ''ribilzavudan'') which is roughly "the creative capacity and the attendant responsibility that we have as human beings independent of any external authority". More pithily, it is "the God within us". In short, we humans are responsible for "creation" and formulating rules, where "God has left off", even when no one is telling us what to do. There is much vagueness in this definition, though, leaving open exactly what the Second Mover should be driven towards. This motivated much of philosophy, psychology and social science; on the other hand, many a perverse interpretation of this doctrine was used to justify brutality.
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| ===Modern civic religion===
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| Modern civic religion consists of such activities as "effective altruism" and developing transhumanist technologies and giving participants a "meaning-rich" environment with rituals and mythmaking. Overcoming human limitations is seen as working towards the ultimate manifestation of the Second Mover; eventually, the Second Mover must defeat the First Mover, which is the evil, at best untrustworthy demiurge.
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| Who are the "heretics"?
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| ==Notable figures== | | ==Notable figures== |