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* Being opposed to [[Science Is Bad|science with various reasons cited for it]]. Consequently, Religious people will be against medicine, either [[You Can't Fight Fate|refusing to treat the sickness because its considered the will of the Powers-That-Be]] or they will only use religious rituals to fix. They may also hate technology even when it could solve the problem they're facing.
* Religious people are uneducated, as education centers overseen by religious people either lack or shun scientific knowledge. They will happily apostatize when given a little bit of scientific knowledge, and [[Bonus Points]] if said religion is made easy to disprove. Expect the latter two in an [[Author Tract]].
* Religious people are all [[The Ditz|unintelligent]] and/or [[Unwitting Pawn|easily manipulated]]. Anyone [[God Guise|impersonating their figure of worship]] or [[Hiding Behind Religion|claiming to be working on their behalf]] can get religious people to unthinkingly obey them. This can go hand-in-hand with religious people only beliving because they've been brainwashed or religion itself is considered brainwashing.
* Religious people cannot get along with or tolerate anyone who doesn't follow their religion. Often to the point that they often react violently to non-believers, and apparently the very idea of "interfaith" or "non-denominational" groups is unheard of in the story.
* Religious people refuse to allow their beliefs to be questioned and [[Berserk Button|react badly at any attempt to do so]].
* Religious people only win new followers [[Join or Die|by force]] or [[Appeal to Force|the threat of using force]].
* Religious people are killjoys and/or workaholics who will oppose anything considered enjoyable or that makes people passionate.
* Religious people [[New Media Are Evil|hate new media, denouncing it as a product of evil]], a gateway to evil or shunning it as being used for evil even if it can also be used for good.
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