History PlayingWith / FantasticReligiousWeirdness

* '''Invoked''': Earth is [[GreenAesop no longer habitable thanks to centuries of heavy pollution]], so those who are still alive board a spaceship heading to a habitable planet...but thanks to a little thing called The Laws of Physics, the journey is going to take decades, or even centuries.

'''Basic Trope''': The rules of a (usually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopraxy orthopraxic]]) religion present new and interesting challenges in a SciFi or other SpeculativeFiction setting.

** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligiousRobot is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.]]

* '''Justified''': The church was founded centuries before space travel or the existence of alien was even an idea.

** "Of course you do, Beta-6. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want grandkids?]]"

** Alice is allowed to cleanse herself with holy oils rather than bathing in what is, to her, a deadly toxin.

** "Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want grandkids?]]"
** "If you define North as 'where the compass points,' pray facing the radiation screen. If you define North as 'the topmost place on Earth,' pray facing the bow."

* '''Discussed''': "Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. [[IWantGrandkids And what parent doesn't want grandkids?]]"

** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligiousRobot  is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.]]

* '''Discussed''': "Of course you do, Epsilon-5. If you scan that Mankind constitutes the Children of God, then logically, Machinekind constitutes the Children of Man, and by extension, the Grandchildren of God. And what parent doesn't want grandkids?"

* '''Defied''': The Church of CrystalDragonJesus changes the rules, or makes a concession for space colonies.

** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[ReligeousRobots is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.]]

** A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] is confused as to wether or not it has a soul.

* '''Discussed''': ???

** The Church requires its members to swim in the temple's sacred pool in order to become initiated. [[AerithAndBob Aerith]], meanwhile, is an alien whose chemical makeup is such that even touching water will lead to painful death.

* '''Justified''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob can't do ''anything'': all the available food on board is forbidden to them, DesignerBabies are created in {{Uterine Replicator}}s, [[FreeLoveFuture people on board regularly engage in orgies and/or other forms of non-procreative sex]] (also forbidden to AliceAndBob), and even non-religious programming on TV is forbidden to them. On top of them not having a place to pray and worship.
* '''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob practice a religion (such as Wicca) that places a heavy emphasis on the changing seasons...but they live near the equator, where seasonal changes are so subtle they tend to go unnoticed by a lot of people.

* '''Inverted''': If anything, it becomes ''easier'' to practice their faith.
* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live on a manmade [[SpaceStation space colony]] at one of the [=LaGrange=] points, that has a stable orbit and magnetic field, and thus a North to orient their church towards.

* '''Parodied''': The gospel specifically mentions that all members of the faith must visit Jordan's Old-Fashioned Hot Dog Stand twice a week and order their Cranberry Sauce Delight dog with a side of fries or risk being offered as a HumanSacrifice. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob only have access to a Jordan's ''Home-Style'' Hot Dog Stand.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects of AliceAndBob's religion are workable, some are not.

** AliceAndBob are {{Secular Hero}}es.

* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live on a manmade [[SpaceColonies space colony]] at one of the LaGrange points, that has a stable orbit and magnetic field, and thus a North to orient their church towards.

* '''Basic Trope''': The rules of a (usually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopraxy orthopraxic]]) religion present new and interesting challenges in a SciFi or other SpeculativeFiction setting.

** The Church requires it's members to swim in the temple's sacred pool in order to become initiated. [[AerithAndBob Aerith]], meanwhile, is an alien whose chemical makeup is such that even touching water will lead to painful death.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Averted''': AliceAndBob are {{Secular Hero}}es.

* '''Defied''': The church of CrystalDragonJesus changes the rules, or makes a concession for space colonies.

* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Straight''': The Church of CrystalDragonJesus requires that all of its buildings face the true North, else prayers won't get to ThePowersThatBe. Meanwhile, AliceAndBob are drifting through space on a GenerationShip after Earth is no longer habitable, where there ''is'' no North.