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==Religion and civic religion==

The oldest religious traditions include ancient Clofabic, Talmic, and Netagin paganisms.

===Early Etalocian religion===

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 Netagin before the Great Calamities, but continued to be practiced among the Thensarians until the Great Calamities.

===Second Mover===

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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 ==Religion and civic religion==
 The oldest religious traditions include ancient Clofabic, Talmic, and Netagin paganisms.
+===Early Etalocian religion===
+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 Netagin before the Great Calamities, but continued to be practiced among the Thensarians until the Great Calamities.
+===Second Mover===
 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.