Friday, 7 June 2019

GM INSPIRATION: Alien Worship


Whatever you thought of Noomi Rapace's Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus, it is clear that - to some people anyway - religion is still a key element in 22nd Century life.

However, while Shaw's faith was recognisably rooted in current mores, Diana Pasulka, a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, suggests in her new book, American Cosmic, that a belief in aliens could become a new "religion".

Transposing this to the world of the Alien RPG, we could see cults of searchers, looking for salvation in the nebulous concept of "alien life", but then getting a rude awakening when they cross paths with the xenomorphs.

A second idea would have a nihilistic, doomsday cult worshipping the "perfection" of the xenomorph, perhaps giving themselves up to become willing hosts to their "alien gods".

You can read Pasulka's interview in Vox here.

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