Religion, pertaining to Freelancer

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Considering everything in their Holy Book was just proven wrong upon launch and colonization of the Sleeper Ships.

Why? There's really nothing in the Bible precluding alien life elsewhere. Try out C.S. Lewis' sci-fi trilogy, for starters.

What's much more likely is that interpretation would evolve over time. We today might not quite recognize our traditions in the future, at least at first glance, though we'd probably be able to locate a core of continuity.

That's not to say it's appropriate to do contemporary religious traditions in FL. The problem to me is not some fear of divisiveness - we've got capships and indie/faction debates for that - but rather that religion used in games always tends to come out caricatured and inauthentic. It could be mildly offensive or annoying (like when it's made merely functional - CivIV), but more likely is the problem that it can't be taken seriously.

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Sir Alisdair Buchanan, KBE ~ Gateway)Trafalgar