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== Religion == '''shadowjack:''' Religion's another one of the tricky elements that I'm examining. Roddenberry posed a future in which human religion barely exists, which seems really unlikely to me. And I'm an atheist. '''mindstalk:''' Well, it's hard to say, since Trek-like is in a novel socioeconomic space. Closest Earth model to it is Europe... where religion is doing better than "barely exists", but does seem to be on the wane, and for purposes of public or political life often does barely exist. Individuals might think the First Cause loves them or hope for an afterlife, but they don't talk about it much or have it sway their politics. From different traditions, Japan seems similar (of course, they believe other wacky stuff, like blood type psychology), and while Korean Christians are a stereotype, the CIA has S. Korea has 25% Christian, 25% Buddhist, and 50% non-religious, though there's a shamanistic undercurrent not measured there. Trek, and your Federation, are like super-Europe, Europe on <s>steroids</s> boosting drugs carefully tested for safety and efficacy, with more material security from want or fear, more displayed control over life, more advanced science. So saying "some people believe, but they're quiet, and a few people *really* believe but they're few, so to first order you can ignore it all" doesn't seem ridiculous. Perhaps people are more usefully described not by whether they believe in a god but whether they subscribe to "human rights" or to utilitarianism, whether their goals are to enjoy lots of pleasure or to leave an impact on the world. '''Shadowjack:''' Good points.
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