Religion

Religion is a Galimulator's mechanic to add more diversity in empires. Each star has its own major and minor religion. Rebellions often happen when religion is being spread by a neighboring empire. Religions can also affect the relation score of other empires.

A special artifact called an Holy Site causes the star it is on to have it as the majority religion.

Some religions have exclusive ships.

Most of the religions are submitted by "Patrons of the Faith" - donator who gave 20$ for the development of the game. These religions descriptions are made by these Patrons.

## List of Religions

*"There is one Deity, the Omniversal All-father or Spirit. There are three main Deity Aspects emphasized: Omniscience, x Omnipresence, Omnipotence. The holy text is called the Fundament, also called The Books Authorized by the Monarch Jacob. To join the religion, one must go through the ritual ceremony called the Immersion. The religion does not believe in a centralized religious hierarchy but in autonomous congregations. (Hence there is no Pope or equivalent in the religion) The religion believes in separation of church and state because of its individualistic and congregational basis. The religion believes in a coming galactic apocalypse or galactic transcendence or even of a universal scale. They call this "The Power Button" or "The Off Button"."*
*"An ancient, long forgotten civilization was dying off. A man nam Skerczak, with hair the color of fire, came from the heavens and bestowed upon them the flame. This flame is to never be let extinguish and should be taken wherever they go as a symbol of their loyalty to the flame."*
*"Pavels, less of an organised religion, and more of a set of common threads of existence that have slowly converged together into one cohesive set of morals and ideals. The tale of an excavator whose wife left him for an aristocrat. A madman who sought to unify the world under the belief of a flat planet. The shipwright who built the greatest ship ever just for it to hit an asteroid. The hopes, dreams, ideals and thoughts of these people tell one story, one of insanity, compassion and loss that together fill the believers with empathy. In lieu of superstitions, it is the knowledge that one's actions have impacts on other beings that guides the believers. They believe heaven is a state where all beings are aware of the thoughts, pains and feelings of all other beings."*
Other empires get "We must respect the experience of others" +20 relationship buff with these empires.
Not much is known about this religion.
*"Kozzmo is the divine savior and guiding light of the kosmos. He made all for a reason and suffering for a cause. BeKoz is KOZ, he is before and after, The Almightily fluent one, The Knower of Knowing, the light of the Kandles. KozziMoto AchooZi."*
*"As the light refracts through the giant artificial crystals that make up the walls of the temple, and the bathes the followers in a bright Purple Light, there wakes within them also a blinding understanding, that the entire galaxy must be painted in this light. The faint but precise and hypnotic vibrations of the stones placed at the center of altar speaks to the Mind oi the Master and instructs them all on what must be. All that matters, is the voice of the Purple Stones, and that all must hear it."*
*"Simulacrum is based on the idea that the entire Galaxy is merely a simulation. Everyone in it is at the whim of some supremely powerful, amoral and possibly sadistic being. The only way to be free is to find patterns of behaviour that overload and possibly break the simulation. This will lead to the cessation of the galaxy, and somewhat frustrate the being running it all, albeit at the expense of everything you have ever known."*
*"Faith and belief in things that cannot be observed, studied and proven is a horrific scourge upon the galaxy. Countless lives have been lost in wars because of baseless and false beliefs. It is imperative to the progress an purity of the galaxy that those mindless believers are purged, so that such horrors do not happen again."*
Other empires get "We must bring the sanity to the galaxy!" -10 relationships debuff with these empires.
*"The Great Wheel requires wheels to be built and rotated, lest it become mired in the cosmic sludge. In the beginning, the Great Wheel was still. There was a lone planet with a single sapient species and they heard whispering in the void, instructing them to build the very first wheel. The invention of the wheel awakened our god and the Great Wheel began to turn, seeding it with life. For a time, the Great Wheel prospered and it's people were happy, but then a heresy was spawned out of decadence and the wheel was abandoned by many. We, as the last followers of the wheel, will purge the heretics and restore the Great Wheel's gift, for doomsday will be upon us if the Great Wheel becomes still once more."*
Able to build Holy Rollers - missionary ships that spread Wheelism over the stars they passed.
**Pingoism:**
*"The religion of Pingoism is a religion where followers worship birds..."*

*"...Flightless birds are considered beings sent down by the god of pingoism Eating products of birds especially flightless birds is extremely frowned upon. However eating chicken and turkey is considered acceptable due to the fact chickens and turkeys are considered lesser than birds. But most pingoism followers abstain from eating chicken and turkey anyways. Followers of pingoism range from fanaticals and just regular people. The average pingoism follower owns 1-3 pet birds which are most commonly parrots. However the more radical followers have on average a dozen pet birds and own more exotic birds such as ostriches and penguins. They form cults quite often. The cults of pingoism have heavily genetically modified carnivorous birds which are used to dispose of people who disobey the cult. Penguins are the most respected bird in the religion and are look at as beings who hold parts of the god of pingoism inside of them and are protected heavily. Areas controlled by pingoism give heavy crime sentences to people who mistreat birds. Cults of pingoism are looked down upon by regular followers of pingoism due to the fact that it makes pingoism look bad to outsiders. People that follow pingoism believe after death if they respected birds enough they will be reincarnated as a bird and if they are lucky enough they will be reincarnated as a penguin which is the highest honor possible. Also exotic or flightless birds are sent to sanctuaries if they are presumed to be in danger such as habitat destruction or climate change and other things that could be dangerous to them. Other birds can fly away from the danger and are mostly left to their own devices but are helped in the acquisition of food in the form of bird feeders and water in the form of water fountains outside residences of pingoism followers."*

*"An anonymous here who only ever claimed to be Some Guy doing his job A man never known for the heroic deeds for which he gains admirers from across the galaxy. Those who follow his way appropriate the same anonymous features, albeit with their own personal markings to distinguish them from fellow Someians."*
*"In the eons before life as it is known, Ultrimar reigned supreme over all living creatures. A deity who desired only one thing - Constant, ceaseless and bloody war, and even after years innumerable Ultrimar's need for bloodshed burns as hot as the day he was spawned. The Son's of Ultrimal serve the hunger of their master."*
Other empires get "We must feed the hunger of Ultrimar!" -20 relationships debuff with these empires, making a peaceful playthrough a bit harder.
**Submitted by the unknown patron.**