Editing TROS in the Hammer:Setting Religion (section)

===How should I live my life?===
The Informatio has a rich ethical tradition associated with it, with an array of practical and philosophical texts to draw upon.  However, its principle virtues are:
* Ancestor reverence - the Informatii revere their ancestors and other important figures with a fervor that borders on worship.  They routinely contact the recordatii for guidance and wisdom, build shrines in which the dead can be honored, etc.
* Submission to superior authority - the Informatio teaches that superior (i.e rightful, competent authority) should be submitted to and revered.  Societies of the Pastorate tend to be well ordered places, with little room for much wide freedom of expression on matters of civil order.
* Primacy of reason - the Pastor himself taught that reason was the supreme development of nature, and that reason should guide all action.
* Competition - the Pastor taught that competition and adversity are the fires that purify the mind and body.  Therefore, competitions of various sorts are common in the Pastorate.  Public positions are given out by competetive examination, for example, and leaders are often chosen in the same fashion.  All kinds of games and sports are also considered to be worthwhile activities, and are pursued with great passion.
* Denegration of spirits - the spirits are considered to be inferior beings in the Pastor's writings; inferior because they do not strive with the force of the Instigo.  They are not supernatural, per se, but they are unnatural, to some extent.  Spirits are used by the Informatii, but only as servants or slaves, never as friends or, worse yet, gods.  
* the Officium - The best purpose for all human kind is to press forward and progress.  The Informatio is self-evidently a new system, more progressed than any other ethical tradition or religion in the World.  The officium is therefore the obligation or duty placed on the Informatii by reason itself (and encouraged by its leaders) to export and push forward its adoption.  Therefore, the Informatii are highly evangelical, with Disciples commonly seen preaching its worth to the World.
* Rebellion and conquest - Submission to superior authority is only right and proper; submission to inferior authority is absurd.  Therefore, rebellion can be an expression of the officium, as can the conquest of a neighboring nation or culture.

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