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525:. It has been suggested that players' positive reception of Thane and his religion is related to the fact that they are clearly recognized as alien by players, which does not invite comment on real world religions and spirituality, whereas the same cannot be said of a more critically received character in the series, human 455:
has been described as "complex and contradictory - as any real religion", and the use of fictional religion is said to "render the topic of religion more accessible  (and perhaps less controversial)" to the reader, who is "encouraged to think about both the merits and the problematic dimensions
152:, fictional religions were a trope that Stableford argues was introduced with some delay, as some writers, particularly in the early 20th century, did not want to offend the readers with themes that were considered morally suspect. By 1940s and 1950s this started to change, for example with 545:) more or less openly announce their "invented" status, and a number of them have been inspired by works of fiction or pop culture, or even incorporate elements of published fiction; some of them have been also called "fiction-based religions" as well as " 495:(1980) which presented his detailed guidelines for the construction of fictional religion for games, effectively recommending that any fictional religion that is to be taken seriously by the readers (or players) has to be crafted with the " 90:
Religious themes have long been a significant theme of fiction. One of those themes is that of a fictional religion: a fictional belief system created for the purposes of literature, film or games. Many fictional religions are found in the
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In fantasy novels, individual belief in a deity or deities is generally treated favorably. By contrast, the organized religions that are part of the fantasy world are often depicted as corrupt: for example "omnianism" in Terry Pratchett's
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refers to a fictional belief system created for the purposes of literature, film, or game. Fictional religions can be complex and inspired by or build on existing religions. Two of the better known and influential examples are the
366:(1963) features a humorous fictional religion, bokonism, and is often cited as a classic in the genre's satirical criticism of religion. Conversely, some fictional religions are sympathetic to real-life religions: the 1906: 471:
has been described as "something like the official fictional religion of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, a grab bag for writers in need of unthinkably vast, and unthinkably indifferent, eldritch entities".
119:, sharpened by the dissatisfaction writers usually feel with regard to the imperfections of their own religious culture". Stableford suggests that the tradition of speculative fiction (or specifically, 1899: 1052:"Muhammad Abd al-Rahman (Phillip) Barker: Bridging Cultural Divides through Fantasy/Science-Fiction Role-Playing Games and Fictional Religion: Muhammad Abd Al-Rahman (Phillip) Barker" 1621: 2005: 133:(1516). Stableford also suggests that "the most striking and memorable images of fictional religion" are those that are horrific or comic, noting for example that portrayal of 115:, referring to "hypothetical" or "imaginary" religions in science fiction, notes that their accounts "inevitably raise questions similar to those addressed by sociologists and 1892: 251:
In addition to fictional religions of the humans, some works discuss the concept of alien religions. Works featuring alien religions or institutions include, among others,
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in speculative fiction is usually negative and used to contrast such societies with liberal ones; the latter are usually more positively framed, citing the example of
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Stableford notes that "thinkers and writers who could not set aside their own propensity for faith" created not just literary images, but real world new
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Some fictional religions have gained real followers in the real world and some works of fiction have inspired new religious movements (for example, the
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has criticized the science fiction genre for oversimplifying religion, which he claims is always negatively depicted as "ridiculous and false".
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series. Fantasy works that tie to the real world often portray known organized religions as power-hungry and lament the thinning of
226:(1965), have "planted myths and rituals in a variety of cultures, just in case a stranded Bene Gesserit would need to control them". 188:
can be seen in stories in which humans use invented religion to influence (educate or control) more primitive alien societies (ex.
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The concept of fictional religions can also be found in non-American science fiction works; for example in Polish short story by
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film series, are some of the most recent examples of this type of interaction between fiction and religion. As claimed by
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series; 1996-) and represent an example of complex world building. The fictional post-Christian religion from Pratchett's
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of religion" in general, without being distracted by considering those issues in terms of real-world religions.
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are more ‘real’ and provide a more meaningful basis for life than existing ‘real life’ religions".
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cosmology has been read as coded Christian theology. Others are explicitly pro-religious: in some
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Religious themes have been often found in works of science fiction. In
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Fictional religion can also be found in games, whether
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and its mythology is influenced by, among others, the
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mythology written by L. Ron Hubbard draws heavily on
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Index

Cthulhu Mythos
H. P. Lovecraft
religion of Middle Earth
J. R. R. Tolkien
Church of All Worlds
Jediism
Matrixism
parody religions
Discordianism
Flying Spaghetti Monster
List of fictional religions
speculative fiction
science fiction
fantasy
satirical
sociology of religion
Brian Stableford
psychologists of religion
utopian fiction
Thomas More
Utopia
theocracies
The Culture series
Iain M. Banks
American science fiction
Robert A. Heinlein
"If This Goes On—"
Fritz Leiber
Gather, Darkness!
Satanism

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