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How can a modern-day nomadic culture preserve its lifestyle? [closed]
In modern times, how can this ancient clan, bound by religious duty to visit 12 holy sites across Asia each year, and once serving as messengers between kingdoms but no longer doing so, confront the ...
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Why would LGBTQIA+ people be sacred individuals? [closed]
In my world, there are magical humans often called wizards (their scientific name is Homo magicus) (so, they are still humans, just not Homo sapiens). They are traditionally a very religious race. ...
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Does a secondary world setting need a religion? [closed]
So I have been debating about what to do for the secondary world setting I am developing. My big question is about what to do for the in-universe religion(s). The thing is that I am mostly doing ...
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Why would murids (such as rats and mice) be sacred animals?
In a future web-series I want to create, there is a species of massive humanoids named giants (Homo gigas) (technically, there are still humans, just not Homo sapiens). They are less social than ...
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Why would great white sharks be sacred animals?
In a future web-series I want to create, there is a species of massive humanoids named giants (Homo maximus) (technically, they are still humans, just not Homo sapiens). They are less social than ...
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How can libraries retain their relevance as religious centers of power in a world of e-commerce?
Libraries are buildings containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for people to read, borrow, or refer to. They house updated material to meet the user's ...
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Can we Build a World Where Cooking is Difficult?
I want to build a world that satirizes the modern cult of cooking. The cult has a long list of infractions that will ruin a dish and render it inedible. For example:
Chopping an onion the wrong way
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Hypothetical religion [closed]
If some society had religion that didn't believe in eternal damnation with a maximum sentence in hell being 15 billion years and then all people, even the worst people go to heaven, could this ...
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How Would Political and Religious Structures Function in a Buddhist Medieval Europe? [closed]
In this alternate history timeline, the Roman Emperor Justinian declared the state religion to not be Christianity, but Buddhism. This wouldn't be too much of a stretch, as Buddhism predated ...
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Could Traditions Such as Human Sacrifice or Gladiatorial Combat Survive in a Modernizing World?
My science-fantasy series is set in a rapidly industrializing galaxy where a group called the Ishgas are dominating militarily, culturally, scientifically, and economically (overall, it's a similar ...
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Why would a non-Christian religion suddenly gain a large following among Americans? [closed]
Eighty years into the future, an already existing non-Christian religion has gained a widespread following among Americans. Millions of people have converted to the religion in question.
From what I ...
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How Would my World Have Religious Differences if Everyone Knows the Gods Exist? [duplicate]
In my science-fantasy series, there are dozens, even hundreds of different cultures scattered amongst the stars. However, there is one set pantheon of Gods (as well as a bunch of other divine beings, ...
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Can a polytheistic culture survive even if surrounded by monotheistic centralized aggressive warlike cultures like Christianity and Islam? [closed]
Let's say a pagan polytheistic culture survives in the Middle East, with some fertile land and a couple hills to be able to defend itself, while still being a hub for trade. Would it be able to evolve ...
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What are some frightening characteristics humans and human culture (christianity in particular) would have in the eyes of aliens? [closed]
If humans made contact with intelligent aliens what could they find absolutely frightening about us and our culture. Culture-wise I am looking at christianity in particular.
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How can two different creation stories be of two completely different religions yet be so similar
The way magic works in my world is runes. Some runes especially the basic variety have a story behind them. The culture my story starts off in is matriarchy and has a reverence to the rune of warmth/...
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