Religions Of Etheria (00e74e)

Regulus

Here is a quick summary of the 6 largest and most influential religions of Etheria in 3022, the first three are by far the most powerful:

Conservators of the Quintessential Chalice: Conservators for short. Fanatical dedication to the pursuit of human perfection, and have declared open war on degeneracy in the worlds of Etheria: body hacking and gambling being primary targets. The most powerful of religions in the current day, and growing larger.
Open Church of the Technocracy: Technocrats for short. Not actually very technocratic, but instead focused on improving Automata and perfecting them. Transhuminist in that they actively promote and celebrate 'Automacation' a process that turns your brain into a Cyberbrain which is then installed into an Auto. The second most powerful religion of Etheria. As you can imagine, the ideals of this organization are at direct odds with the Conservators above.
Shrine of the Holy Eye: Seekers for short. Centered on the belief that the being called God is divine - Control and its agents are emissaries of the one true God. Once the most powerful religion, it has seen a large decline in the last two hundred years. Likely because the director of Control appointed then has a public disdain for the organization of what he calls 'sycophants'.

Less powerful but still common religions:

Temple of Etheric Resplendence: Lightbearers for short. A now large, very trending movement which began sixty years ago with the event known as the Etheric Lights occured. This happened in the stratosphere around Regulus Prime and was a prismatic lightshow lasting seven days which has no apparent cause. When consulted God claimed it was an energy interference in the Etheric energy of the space, and that it had little meaning. Centers on the ideas of personal independence and body hacking, placing the idea of Etheric energy as divine power. Full on war with the Conservators at this point.
Holders of the Peoples Promise: Holders for short. Less a religion but an organized movement against all religions and the current structure of the empire. The held ideal is that the realm of Etheria would be a paradise with the empire restructured to remove all titles and improve efficiency by turning it into an optimized bureaucracy. The only religious ideal they hold is the concept of the Promise, which is a global state of mass communion with God where all would be uplifted.
Knights of Liberty Corps: Knights for short Holds a deep belief in personal power and freedom. They directly support the Network Syndicate and have begin spreading the network throughout the empire proper. The most directly militant of the major religions.

Approximate Worth: 113 trillion holocred, probably more stored outside legit channels.
Practitioners: Uncountable
Presence: Multiple churches on every Empire world, many also in the stratosphere.
Politics: Pro Empire, Neutral to Control and the Network.
Common Title: Conservators.

Approximate Worth: 2 billion holodcred, or less, depending on who you ask.
Practitioners: A little less than a million.
Presence: 3 churches in the stratosphere, and 1 on every Worker Aligned World.
Politics: Anti Empire, Neutral to Network, Pro Control.
Common Title: Holders.

Approximate Worth: Unknown but thought to be about 1 billion holocred.
Practitioners: Purposefully hidden, thought to be about 2 million.
Presence: 2 temples in the stratosphere, and 1 on every Solar Nexus Consortium world.
Politics: Anti Empire & Control, Pro Network.
Common Title: Knights.

Approximate Worth: 76 trillion, openly documented assests.
Practitioners: 11 billion and growing.
Presence: Multiple churches on every Empire world, many also in the stratosphere.
Politics: Pro Control, Neutral to Empire and Network.
Common Title: Technocrats.

Approximate Worth: A unknown small amount, not likely even 10 million holocred.
Practitioners: 2 billion and exploding in growth.
Presence: Complicated because of the strong belief in personal indepedence, see below.
Politics: Anti Everyone.
Common Title: Lightbearers.