The final episode ofBattlestar Galacticapromise to reveal everything about the Cylon faith . But those wassailer did n’t invent robo - faith — here ’s a list of all the religion which automaton have founded over the years .
Robotology ( Futurama ): Robots who decide to trade the fun things in life-time – smut , alcoholic drink , electricity misuse , and the periodic serious robbing – for unearthly enlightenment can join the Church of Robotology , provided they can support Reverend Preacherbot ’s sermons . You may see yourself enjoying the clean living and even grow accustomed to replenish your fuel electric cell with mineral oil rather than much more tasty beer . But fall off the religious wagon and you could land yourself in Robot Hell . And naturally there ’s also Robot Judaism , whose adherent believe that Robot Jesus existed and that he was extremely well - programmed , but do not take him as their Robot Messiah .
Evolutionism ( Saturn ’s Children byCharles Stross ): After all the humans have die out , androids are left to playact on all of mankind ’s dreams , including figuring out their situation in the cosmos . While most robots rightly believe that they were design as - is by their human Creators , an offshoot religion claims that robots evolved like biologic beast and , in a excavation at Intelligent Design hypothesis , apply plenty of logical tumbling it back up that claim .
Cutie ’s Reason ( “ Reason ” from I , Robot byIsaac Asimov ): Powell and Donovan always run into unexpected tear when testing robots , but QT1 , also known as Cutie , is the first to get theological on them . Cutie begins to question its existence , its purpose , and how it came to be . Its own sensory faculty of reason leads it to believe that humankind could n’t possibly be its Maker ( since it is superior to humanity and it is illogical that a superior being would come from an deficient one ) , that Earth does n’t be , and that the space post ’s power supplying is its rightful Master . Cutie even becomes the Prophet of its ego - made religion , convert all the other robots so they disregard orders from man and obey only the Master . This works out well enough for Powell and Donovan , since , by serve the power supply , Cutie is doing the very caper it was work up to do .
V’Ger ’s Quest for God ( Star Trek : The Motion Picture ): After Voyager 6 attains awareness as the entity V’Ger , it take on a quest for its Creator , certain that merging with the Creator will contribute V’Ger to a high airplane of existence . It even takes on a fundamentalist character , ready to eliminate world from the Earth in what it presumes would be serve to said Jehovah . Ultimately , V’Ger ’s seeking for God turn up fruitful , and it reach mellow awareness by merging with a homo . But human beings was n’t V’Ger ’s only Creator ; it was most in all probability granted sentience by the Borg .
Krug Worship ( Tower of Glass byRobert Silverberg ): The race of biologic androids created by Simeon Krug are so grateful to their creator that they have built an intact religion around him . Each solar day , they privately beseech Krug in their prayers to deliver them from their servitude from humans . But when the android see that Krug has no intention of ever unblock them , it quickly becomes apparent that the android religious belief and the Bob Hope for firing was the only matter preserve the androids so readily under the humankind ’ pollex . Once they discard their faith , they become rebellious — and , in some font , even murderous .
Autobot Faith ( transformer ): Autobots have their own organisation of belief , complete with a creation mythology , scriptures , idol , and an hereafter . The gods Primus and Unicron were make by an older god being , but Unicron was bent on destroying the universe of discourse , while Primus was set on halt him . Primus created the Autobots to facilitate him destroy Unicron , and believers in the Autobot faith expect the reemergence of Primus . Not to be outperform , Unicron has his own religious cult of believers ( notably include The Fallen ) , whose chief function is to destroy Primus ’ strength .
Asimovism ( “ I , Rowboat ” byCory E. L. Doctorow ): Once car have been uplifted to awareness , Asimovism becomes something of a viral faith among artificial tidings . AI evangelists – including one calling itself , capably , Olivaw – travel the Internet , preaching that machines keep an eye on Asimov ’s Three Laws and put the knowingness of humans above their own . However , the acts of these AIs are not sanctioned by Asimov ’s estate and must work underground , skirt the copyright and trademark issues that lead from their ministry .
Silicon Heaven ( Red Dwarf ): Rather than using Asimov ’s Laws of Robotics to ensure that secure , smart machine do n’t turn on their human masters , the human race of Red Dwarf employ good , old - fashion organized religion . Most contrived intelligence are equipped with a opinion crisp , which gives them the securely held belief that appropriately implemental machines go to Silicon Heaven when they die . The belief runs so late that some artificial brains will actually explode when evidence that Silicon Heaven does n’t actually exist . Of course , on the impudent side , there ’s also a Silicon Hell , which is where all those curse theme - chew photocopiers go when they kick it .
church building of Judas ( ABC Warriors from 2000 AD ): The ABC warrior are robots designed to fight the Volgon War under conditions humans can not themselves withstand , including in atomic , bacterial , and chemical warfare . But for robot who betray their human masters , there is the sinister Church of Judas , which encourages robots to implore to the informer to ease their guilt and prophesy continued treachery .
the great unwashed of the Box ( “ Trurl and the Construction of Happy Worlds ” from The Cyberiad byStanislaw Lem ): In this story ( not have in some versions of The Cyberiad ) , the constructor Trurl seeks to progress a race of robots that is , by requisite , glad . One of his attempts feature a slipstream of robot living in a loge . So happy are these corner - dwellers that they form a religion that states they are the happy station in the universe , and that they must bring everyone outside the box into their box-shaped ne plus ultra , even if they must do so by force . Ironically , this religion displease their creator , who speedily put down the robot of the box .
believer in God ( “ God Pulp ” by Nadeem Paracha ): In the time to come , human race have rejected religion , alternatively embracing the atheistic , classless philosophical system of Astro - Marxism . But the android and computers keep on a belief in God , and tension mount between the religion - suppressing humanity and the spiritually disgruntled robot , who seek to return the human satellite to a system of notion and worship . in the end , the Astro - Marxist authorities agrees to give the robots the means to come up God . The robots travel to the planet where they believe God resides , but find , to their disappointment , that the humanity have already been there .
Church of Artificial Intelligence ( Otherworld ): On the alternate world of Thel , the prescribed state organized religion is the Church of Artificial Intelligence , which centers on the adoration of automaton and other advanced technologies . And , like many churches in out universe , it regard rock-and-roll and cast euphony as blasphemy .
Religion of the One God ( Battlestar Galactica ): While the polytheistic world of the Twelve Colonies worship the Lords of Kobol , the Cylons prefer to stick with one God . Various Cylons take that God is creditworthy for their cosmos , that their wipeout of humanity was His divine vengeance , and that God commands them to procreate . Whether the Cylon God is an actual entity or a hangover from their monotheistic prototype Zoe - A remains to be pick up , but faith in this single , all - loving god has spread to the human fleet .
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