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The overwhelmingly vast majority of the [[Solar System]]'s populace was generally happy with their lot, lacking the cares and concerns that their ancestors had.  Some, however, felt - and still feel - that [[human]]ity had gone too far, while others did not believe the children of [[Gaia]] have gone far enough.
 
The overwhelmingly vast majority of the [[Solar System]]'s populace was generally happy with their lot, lacking the cares and concerns that their ancestors had.  Some, however, felt - and still feel - that [[human]]ity had gone too far, while others did not believe the children of [[Gaia]] have gone far enough.
  
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Several competing philosophies developed.
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This verse, and its interpretation, ultimately divided the [[Abrahamic faith]]s, beginning in the [[21st century]]. A few chose to reject the accelerating progress of technology, either [[exiling]] themselves from the rest of mankind, or working against their brethren in order to return the people of [[Earth]] to their 'proper' place.  Some chose to embrace the [[gnostic]] view - that [[God]] was the demiurge, and the serpent a being sent to enlighten mankind. Others accepted the verse on its face, and that humanity had come far enough to have atoned for its sins.
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Amongst the [[Abrahamic faith]]s, still a dominant set of [[religion]]s among humans, the above verse divided those not among the [[content]] into four polarized groups.
 
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* The smallest group (assuming they still survive) are the [[exile]]s, those who broke away from civilization, rejecting the [[arcologies]] and the [[alpha strain]], they returned to a natural lifestyle.  Rejecting even agriculture, they quickly lost track of their origins, and by the time of the [[Purge]], few were aware of human history or science - merely the dangers it posed.  They were not exterminated suring the Purge, but their fate via [[Lost Sol]] is unknown.
 
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* The largest group that still considers themselves to be followers of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, etc. believe that the serpent is still the incarnation of evil, but his words in this regard were true, and it is God's will that mankind make use of the gifts given.  Depending on the specific faith, and branch of it, core myths have been interpreted differently over the centuries, of course.
 
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* In contraposition to the above, a few believe that technology needs to be rejected, and that God will grow angry if humanity flaunts its just punishment.  They are best known for the so-called [[luddoterrorist]] organisations that they form and sponsor.
 
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* Another large group follows [[Gnostic]] traditions of these various faiths - that the God of the Bible, Torah, and Koran is, in fact, the [[Demiurge]], and that the serpent merely assisted humans in overcoming its deception.
 
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The [[Dharmic faith]]s have undergone different transformations, typically specific to the religion rather than a whole-scale division as with most of the followers of Abrahamic faiths.
 
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* Buddhism is one of the largest religions amongst the scattered vestiges of humankind, though this focusses more on the philosophy rather than the concept of nirvana.  Most fall into two camps - those that believe that suffering is, in fact, not an integral part of the [[Universe]], and those (who also question the former calling themselves buddhists) who believe that suffering is actually necessary.
 
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* Jainists are few, but they often take it upon themselves to assist indiginous worlds whose habitats are in danger of extermination from threats natural or otherwise.
 
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* Much of Hinduism has largely blended into other religions, creating a large variety of syncretic faiths.  The most visible of those that remain are [[terrorist]] groups, the most vocal of which seek to ensure the proper reincarnation of the wicked.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 13:06, 6 October 2006

"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)

Amongst an immortal populace, capable of creating life, sapience, and transforming dead worlds into utopias lush with life, there was a range of opinions about humanity's true position in the Universe. The discovery of the mobius patterns only accelerated this, and, after contact was first made with alien civilizations, that this seemed to be a unique, irreproducable discovery did little to dampen such opinions.

Or arrogance.

The overwhelmingly vast majority of the Solar System's populace was generally happy with their lot, lacking the cares and concerns that their ancestors had. Some, however, felt - and still feel - that humanity had gone too far, while others did not believe the children of Gaia have gone far enough.

This verse, and its interpretation, ultimately divided the Abrahamic faiths, beginning in the 21st century. A few chose to reject the accelerating progress of technology, either exiling themselves from the rest of mankind, or working against their brethren in order to return the people of Earth to their 'proper' place. Some chose to embrace the gnostic view - that God was the demiurge, and the serpent a being sent to enlighten mankind. Others accepted the verse on its face, and that humanity had come far enough to have atoned for its sins.


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