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{{quote|'''Darth Vader''': Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

'''Admiral Motti''': Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the rebels' hidden fortress ...

'''Darth Vader''': I find your lack of faith disturbing. }}

 

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** In [[Dan Abnett]]'s novel about the [[Horus Heresy]] ''Horus Rising'', the Emperor's cult is already in existence, and the Emperor is trying to suppress it. And when the Marines go into the countryside to put down forces, they are going up against the "anachronistic beliefs" there. ([[Famous Last Words]].)

** Later on, Horus himself (pre-heresy, obviously) sits down with someone who just had a face-to-face encounter with a daemon {{spoiler|and the Astartes it had possessed and horribly mutated in the aforementioned countryside/mountain.}} He explains that there are "creatures" that are native to the Warp, of varying size, strength and intelligence, just as there are creatures native to the physical universe. The Warp just doesn't obey any laws of physics, as we know them, being a realm of pure psychic energy. He even concedes that terms like "sorcery", "demon" and, yes, even "gods" work to describe them, if only because the advanced, secular Imperium simply doesn't have any more accurate descriptions. The Emperor just choose to hide this truth from his people; after all, [[Tempting Fate|who would WANT to know and understand all that?]] However, Horus makes it clear that there are no gods or great daemons in the warp, and there is no real concept of "evil" that the daemons could represent or rally behind. Yeah...

* ''[[Star Ocean 1]]'' has Ronixis, who claims that humanity has moved beyond religion. However, finding himself in the backwards world of Roak, and confronted with the existence of magic, which he'd hitherto never believed existed, he finds himself re-examining his views. The sequels make clear that magic is nothing more than [[Magic From Technology|advanced science]], however.

** The [[Star Ocean 3|third game]] even simultaneously proves that God exists ''and'' provides a scientific explanation for the [[God Is Evil|big jerk]].

** The most advanced race in the setting, the Protoss, nearly killed themselves before the religion/social structure of the Khala was established, and while it's lessened in importance with the acceptance of the Dark Templar, it's still hugely important to most of the race.

* Heavily averted in ''[[Ground Control]]'' with the 'Order of the New Dawn'.

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