PhantomGinger wrote...
I imagine religion would be a little unusual to those who are spacefaring. To those humans who are groundside, maybe not so much? Maybe in that universe think it's unusual for people who spend time on stations surrounded by science and space to believe in a higher power. Also it's so far into the future, and science is making a big push, it's almost a religion in the game. But Turians believe in spirits, Krogans have their gods, and Asari have their goddess - so...I'm not sure.
Maybe it's just the humans who have that: "hurr you believe in something" outlook there. Just could be due to Ashley's profession she gets those comments, who knows. Most of my Shepards believe in a higher power, the other few are just: "i dunnooooo..." about it.
From what I gathered, religion still seems to be present. I seem to remember the Codex entry for Asari saying that they can adopt whichever religion they find appealing, not just their own Goddess. Turians have spirits, as you said, quarians worship their ancestors. Drell are polytheistic (although Thane says the younger generation isn't too keen on it). Hanar are Prothean-istic.
And heck, you even seen Mordin pray in ME2, and he's as hardened a scientist as you can get. He even says that he tried to find answers in religion after the whole genophage fiasco.
On a side-note, Mordin praying is one of the most powerfully moving moments in the game, IMO. I still get misty-eyed when I see it...Not because I'm religious, but because it's awe-inspiring to see someone who seemed 120% sure of himself undergo a crisis like that.
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I'd imagine marriage would be pretty odd to them.
Waste of money, and a huge invasion of privacy. I'm actually very curious now as to what courting and "marriage" would be like in alien society. Asari seem to bond with their partner for life. There isn't much romance for Krogan becuase of the genophage - they're just breeding like rabbits without the result of little bunnies hopping around. Hanar share their "soul name". Turians...what the hell do Turians do? We know almost nothing about them!
Sharing a soul name is not marriage-specific for hanar: they do that with anybody they are closely acquainted with. Thane mentions knowing a few soul names himself.
More generally, it seems that most alien species do have at least somewhat similar notions of family to humans: parents and siblings defined as a unit. Turians have it, quarians have it (even if it's somewhat diluted due to their living conditions), asari have it, even though they frequently outlive their partners and thus single-parenthood is more common. I wouldn't think that the notion of marriage would be completely outlandish to them, even if they don't put as much importance on the ceremony as humans do.
Only salarians and krogan seem to have markedly different customs: breeding contracts for the salarians and simply breeding for krogan. Although, when you listen to the 2 krogan talking on Tuchanka, one of them does express the wish of being able to live with the females and the children as one big family, which suggests that they had a communal social structure before the genophage hits (the other krogan responds "curse the genophage", or something like that).
Modifié par Nilfalasiel, 08 septembre 2011 - 07:59 .