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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shivamuffin" data-source="post: 650044" data-attributes="member: 936">I had this stupid idea in my head for years. I wanted to share this with the world...A confession of sorts.Somebody recommended that I bring this up in a general discussion, to see where it goes. So let's do it!I was developing a post apoc setting myself, back when the 5th edition of Gamma World came out. YEARS AGO....I handled religion by focusing on modern day pop icons ( Not very original, but it made the players laugh ). " Legends " of " The King of the Rock ( Elvis ) " were the first attempts at this. The holy city was Vegas. The priests wore rhinestone jumpsuits and had large sideburns...and talked the talk.Elvis songs were hyms, and proverbs were quotes from the zillion movies he was in ( In game, priestly debates churned up alot of interesting Elvis trivia that was later added to the campaign ). Each proverb sharing a distorted title of the movie, and the quotes were from that particular movie title. A popular battle cry was " VIVA LAS VEGAS!!! ". What other pop icons would survie a holocaust?What religious idiocy would spring up?Jerry Springer cults?Oprah cults?Holy order of the Pepsi Generation?Declining civilizations often spawn new religions to offer comfort to the miserable survivors...A good example is the religion that exploded after the fall of Rome ( It was the official religion before the fall, but wasn't the craze until well after Rome was burnining. )Would TV shows become the base for religions?Let's have some fun with this!</blockquote>

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