Tikälim

Tikälim

Eye of Perception
Total population
Approx. 13 to 15 million
Regions with significant populations
Argis: Stedoria Aurelia: Schennland
Scriptures
The Gift of Reasoning from the Universe (1794) Man's Abilities and His Future Destiny (1802) An Essay Regarding Man's Reasoning and His Role in the Cosmos (1805) The Awakening (1810)
Languages
Stedorian, Stedorian Dolch, Dolch

Tikälim, meaning Rationalism in Stedorian, is a pandeist civic religion and philosophy created during the First Stedorian Revolution to act as a new religion in place of CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE for the then newly-formed Stedorian Republic. The development of Tikälim originates from philosophical ideas and beliefs prominent during the Stedorian Enlightenment, which occured between the 17th and 18th centuries, emphasising humanism and rationalism. Tikälim would, be influenced by the newly-created Sentist religion of Ceris, which was seeing rapid growth in the region, particularly after the publishing of the Sentism's early text, Tanz der Nachtgeschwister in 1821.

Beliefs

Neo-Tikälim

WIP (a creator sacrificed himself to create and become the universe-explains deism, humanity must venture to the cosmos and awaken the universe, and thus the creator, to create theism and empower humanity in the universe. theological understanding that this wont happen for an extremely long time)

(rationality = the only evident truth of the creator's former power; reasoning and sapience = manifestation of the universe in the soul. Rationality = Soul)

(science = humanity must reconcile and create new age of science (from Sentism) in order to awaken the universe. science = more tech = closer to universe awakening. science/progress = virtue b/c closer to awakening)

(humanism & virtue = from revolution, humanity is the master of the earth, virtue stems from rationality. Humanity entitled to rights. duties the detestation of bad faith and tyranny, by punishing tyrants and traitors, by caring for the unfortunate, respecting the weak, defending the oppressed, doing unto others all the good one can, and not being unjust towards anyone. Truth, Justice, Modesty, Friendship, Frugality, Fidelity, Immortality) (with Sentism, humanity must be united (physical/technological superiority) and virtuous (moral superiority) against cosmic threats)

(repudiates Sentism's cosmic battles theory, however, holds that humanity must remain out of sight of potential cosmic beings until humanity is developed and united enough)

(after death = soul becomes the universe (expansion of the universe = theological justification, the awakening = )

(the awakening = unspecified how to occur, vaguely associated with humanity venturing the universe and colonising it. humanity's spread = awakening the universe and thus god. when the universe is awake, humanity itself will become divine alongside, (but seperate from) the Creator)

History

Early History

Following the First Stedorian Revolution and establishment of the First Stedorian Republic, the new revolutionary government took aggressive measures against the Church in Stedoria, forcing all priests within the country to swear an oath of loyalty to the state above religion. This was met with increasing resistance from the clergy. Seeking to mobilise commoners against the clergy, along with diminishing the clergy's influence, the revolutionary regime created Tikälim as an alternative to Christianity, starting with its foundational document, The Gift of Reasoning from the Universe, published in 1794. In its early years, Tikälim would be met with only limited success among urban and Stedorian Dolch speaking populations, and virtually no success among rural peasants.

In 1802, Man's Abilities and His Future Destiny was published by Liegan Kißling. Kißling had, between 1799 and 1801, lived in Ceris, and had witnessed the early years of the nascent Sentist movement, founded by Edgar Schuchardt. Particularly inspired by Schuchardt's astronomical and cosmological observations. Kißling re-interpreted Schuchardt's doctrines, theorising that Schuchardt's "divine readings" were his realisation that a Creator deity had created the universe by itself becoming the universe. Kißling poised, however, that Schuchardt had misinterpreted this by using a theist analysis instead of a rational-based deist analysis.