>>1034602
>But isn't it the point that the old relgions were keeping Chaos at bay because all that faith directed towards Jesus or Muhammad and not the chaos gods explicitly kept them weak and benign (In as much as Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch existed back then, and no Slaanesh since the Eldar hadn't fallen yet.)
I do not remember much pre-Crusade lore, but I do recall it being said that the reason for the Immaterium being as bloodthirsty and crazy as it is was that it reflected the character of the material world, which is why Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeench became the greatest of the warp gods in the first place. The Emperor's crusade of world-destroying galactic conquest significantly accelerated the Ruinous Powers despite the Emperor's supposed intentions.
>Also, Lorgar and the Word Bearers were more a cautionary tale about blind faith, and how zealots who lose their faith in one thing will always become zealots for something else, usually the opposite of what they initially believed.
>I don't think "religion bad" was the point any more than being a "parody of authoritarianism" or whatever else people claim was the "point" of the setting.
All the religions in 40k are bad. It's not making a statement about the real world like some art house cinema, but it does come down pretty hard on the idea of organized religion within its setting. It's religious institutions and figures are drawn from things like the Crusades, the Inquisition, witch hunts, and god-emperors--the worst examples from real religious history taken to absurd extremes. You definitely don't find any Mother Theresa-types in 40k.
>I don't think "religion bad" was the point any more than being a "parody of authoritarianism" or whatever else people claim was the "point" of the setting.
40k does not appear to be anti-authoritarian as any kind of point, since being anti-authoritarian in the universe tends to lead a person to becoming a psychotic daemonhost. On the point of authority v. freedom, the 40 universe takes the position that you're fucked either way you go. Religion, though... it is none to kind to that idea.
>>1034607
>The current Imperial dogma is directly derived from the Book of Lorgar which the Emperor personally forbade and which morphed over the millenia of war economy and being surrounded on all sides by enemies as well as being further morphed by corrupt and power hungry such as Vandire. Also potentially everyone being a traitor. You can't really blame big E for the status quo.
Given how the Primarchs came about and then came to their split, you absolutely can blame the Emperor for the status quo. He may have been fightan Chaos, but he did so in the most self-defeating way possible.
>As opposed to the shit dark mechanicum pull?
Ah yes, another lovely 40k religion.
>And here they are, going at it again with Ynnari.
They never learn.
>Outright retardation, this. Even the most fanatical (sanctioned) death cults or the most militant ordos or chapters don't promote indiscriminate skullfucking.
Yeah, theirs is just a little bit discriminatory and thorough just to be on the safe side.
>I don't recall orks ever having built museums, hospitals or tried to change things for the better.
They don't need to change things for the better; they are having a good time.
>>1034618
>how the god of the tau going?
The T'au are such a weird outlier. They never fit well into the setting, but then I suppose that was their purpose--to be a kind of isekai.