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Religion encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and [[mythology]], as well as personal faith and mystic experience. It is often codified in prayer, [[ritual]], and religious law.
 
Religion encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and [[mythology]], as well as personal faith and mystic experience. It is often codified in prayer, [[ritual]], and religious law.
   
The [[United_Federation_of_Planets|UFP]] combines a multitude of secular and religious societies, all with their various belief systems. The history and development of many of it's member societies has been greatly influenced by their past and present religion(s). However in Starfleet religious concepts are dispelled by the rational nature of it's endeavor.
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The [[United Federation of Planets]] combines a multitude of secular and religious societies, all with their various belief systems. The history and development of many of it's member societies has been greatly influenced by their past and present religion(s). However in Starfleet religious concepts are dispelled by the rational nature of its endeavor. {{incite}}
   
 
:''The word derives from the [[Latin]] ''religio'', the precise [[etymology]], however, is obscure.''
 
:''The word derives from the [[Latin]] ''religio'', the precise [[etymology]], however, is obscure.''
 
   
 
==Theologies and deities==
 
==Theologies and deities==

Revision as of 13:40, 17 August 2007

Apollo

The Greek god Apollo

File:PJem2151.jpg

The monastery of P'Jem (2151).

Quark prays, The Emperor's New Cloak

The Ferengi Quark prays to an idol of the Blessed Exchequer.

Religion is an abstract set of ideas, values, or experiences developed as part of a cultural matrix. It usually revolves around the idea of the supernatural, sacred, divine, or the highest truth. Religion encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and mystic experience. It is often codified in prayer, ritual, and religious law.

The United Federation of Planets combines a multitude of secular and religious societies, all with their various belief systems. The history and development of many of it's member societies has been greatly influenced by their past and present religion(s). However in Starfleet religious concepts are dispelled by the rational nature of its endeavor. (citation needededit)

The word derives from the Latin religio, the precise etymology, however, is obscure.

Theologies and deities

Bajoran

D'Arsay

Delphic Expanse

  • Guardians, Makers

Dominion

Ferengi

Human

Klingon

Mintakan

Ocampa

Takarian

Ventaxian

Voth

Vulcan

Religious sites

Bajoran

Dokkaran

Human

Klingon

Kriosian

Vulcan

See also