Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions

Basic Information

Often in science fiction, religion -when it shows up - is shown as a tool of control without real moral purpose. Other times an advanced civilization has given up religion as backward or primitive, although a small number of harmless fanatics may still keep to their faiths. In either case it is downplayed as a constructive element in society.

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Bibliography

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions

Game and Story Use

• In the (admittedly biased) opinion of this arcanist, this attitude is a cartoonishly simplistic view of religion and that an NPC holding this view would come off as pompous and condescending.
  • Which isn't to say you couldn't pull it off.
• As always, when introducing religious themes into a campaign use caution and make sure your players are comfortable with it.
• This attitude, whether in a society or an individual NPC, is much funnier once you drop the masquerade on them and have them scrabbling to come to terms with the supernatural.