Diperignosticism

## Summary

Diperignosticism is the most prevalent religion on Earth. Its followers are usually called Diperignostics or simply Gnostics. The religion especially is prevalent in South Yorento and Northern Crulea as well as the large island of Relavia and areas colonized by South Yorentan and North Crulean nations.

The religion believes in a large pantheon of anthropomorphic gods, each of which observe a "subjective objective" through a human vessel. Chief among these gods is Diperignot, the creator god so named for being two, one all-encompassing and all-knowing, and the other ignorant. Diperignot's current "ignorant" Di vessel is Bavanda Shanta, a 5-year-old child who will be promoted to "all-knowing" upon the current "all-knowing" Gnot vessel, Kristof Ferenc. Ferenc, a 63-year-old, will join the other previous Gnots as a Peri "all-encompassing" following his death.

## Symbol

The symbol of Diperignosticism is the "Oso", a symbol comprising of a straight line with lines coming out at the top and bottom with an infinity symbol towards the middle. The Oso was first used as a logographic symbol meant to represent the first known Gnot, known only as Gnot. It was written in the book, Diperignostic Knowledge originally unnamed by its unknown author.

The Oso has seen a variety of different drawings and interpretations over the years. The most historically based uses knowledge on the archaic language the book was written in to ascertain the meaning "infinite human" suggesting immortality, perhaps through the afterlife. Other interpretations posit the line with two more lines at the top and bottom to represent a ladder from this plane to the next and the infinity symbol to suggest all-encompassing power and all-knowing eyes.

## Core Beliefs

Diperignosticism, being such a large religion, has many different beliefs and syncretic faiths. These mean that almost any one belief will be inaccurate to describe the belief of a group of believers. However, these are the beliefs that fit into the various sects of mainstream Diperignosticism.

1. There is a pantheon of gods, each of whom dictate a sector of life, usually in conjunction with other gods (although Diperignostics are in disagreeance about which gods exist and what parts of their stories are true).
2. Each god has one human vessel at all times. When this human vessel dies, a baby born at the exact same time replaces them. If no baby is born at the exact same time, the god ceases to exist for fractions of seconds before the next human is born.
3. The creator god, Diperignot, has two human vessels, one that is ignorant and human and one that is all-knowing. The all-knowing one, the Gnot, should be the prevalent religious figure. There is no previous precedent for the Gnot's claims meaning that all official declarations of the Gnot should be immediately taken to be truth.
4. Each god is all-knowing, but gods have different subjective beliefs in disagreeance with one another. These beliefs, being made by gods, become objective in their own rights resulting in multiple objective truths about small things. Most things are objective in one way, but many spiritual things have multiple conflicting objective truths.
5. Each person is born into one of many different planes of truth in which certain moral and spiritual things are objective in one way. The Di and Gnot observe each of these planes simultaneously and the Peris each encompass parts and wholes of planes of truth.
6. There are many objectively correct moral systems, but almost all follow the outlines of moral behavior found in Diperignostic Knowledge.

## Culture

A variety of nations and several tribes take different sects of Diperignosticism as their state religion. Most notable of these is the Galast People's Republic, which is ruled theocratically by the current Gnot at any given time (if the Gnot denies and appoints no one else for the position, they are deemed illegitimate by the Galastian sect of Diperignosticism though their successor Di is still considered legitimate.) These nations in South Yorento and North Crulea are known colloquially as the Gnostic Nations. These nations, though considered backwards by Northern Yorentoan nations, have relatively high GDPs in relativity to their populations and areas.

Many sects have different traditions, but the more mainstream sects are noted for 4 major required traditions:

1. Celebration of the first Gnot's birth
2. One daily prayer to the current Gnot
3. One weekly prayer asking for the healthy development of the current Di
4. One daily prayer to the Peris, allocating at least one minute for each Peri

More orthodox sects abide by many different rules set by ancient Gnots that are believed by many to be archaic and meant to be for the people of that day. These include, but are not limited to, the wearing of special headwear during prayer, the restriction of eating many meats, and the official recognition of a full list of 28 Gods that must each be prayed to an hour a year.