Ye shall be as gods

"And the serpent said unto the woman, "Ye shall not surely die. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." - Genesis 3, 4-5 (KJV)

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In an immortal populace, capable of creating life, sapience, and transforming dead worlds into utopias lush with life life, there is a range of opinions about humanity's true position in the Universe.

The majority of the Solar System's populace is generally happy with their lot, lacking the vast majority of cares and concerns that their ancestors have. Some, however, feel that humanity has gone too far, while others do not believe the children of Gaia have gone far enough.

Amongst the Abrahamic faiths, still a dominant set of religions, the above verse is a focal point for this argument. Believing the serpent to be a representation of Satan, the theological question has brought some to wonder if the Second Coming was just as symbolic, and the current state of the Earth is the prophesied manifestation of Heaven itself. Others turned to the old gnostic faith for a different explanation.

Others reject this, to one degree or another, and not always due to a more literal interpretation of a certain monotheistic text. Each such group has their own name, but the rest of the populace collectively calls them the luddites.