"Wild Monkshood" <Wild_Monkshood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Tony wrote:
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>> What was the Atreides family religion?
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> Jessica was an atheist, I believe. Remember, "If only I could pray.
Really
> pray." She was BG. They manipulated religion, without believing. As to
the
> Duke, I can't think of any professed. Paul? Well, Paul was a mess.... :)
>
Yes, and I suppose we could also ask if believing in the tenants of the
Butlerian Jihad constituted a religion. I suppose it would be rare if a
king or a duke was an unabashed atheist and told his subjects this.
However, didn't the Dune Appendix describe the ruling cl***** as agnostic?


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