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>>22924939
>I also realized I have not really considered religions that are more atheistic or lack any single all powerful God. I believe iirc Hinduism and Buddhism are technically atheistic.
That is an interesting case for your universe. While I wouldn't call most asiatic religions atheistic (for example Hinduism is full of deities and Buddhism has good/evil spirits and what not), some of them do veer more into the direction of "philosophy on how to live life" rather than "believing in an all powerful being" like most european/african/middle eastern religions were/are. You could maybe do something with this as well, maybe have groups of monks that follow such religions of self control where, they might not directly believe in a god, but by following a strict ritual and living a certain lifestyle could lead them to indirectly create gods of their own aspect (but I don't really know where you could go from a story perspective with "the god of harmony" or "the god of calmness" etc.). This is probably a trashy idea but maybe you'll make something of it.
You could also look into the new world religions, having some cults focused on sacrificing large quantities of people for power (forcing them to expand and conquer more places leading them to being more hated by foreigners leading them to more sacrifices as they need more power and so on could be a """""fun""""" story to follow).
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>>22431639
Because brainlets think it is some comprehensive and infallible word of truth that you should build your life around. Most books that are like this,whether they be the Quran or Dianetics are controversial