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Nationally, Qjerizon is a secular nation that neither endorses any particular religion nor the lack of religion, though some Neo-Manichaean symbolism and imagery is present on state flags and symbols. It is difficult to characterize the religiosity of Qjerizon as the Qjer cultural relationship towards religion and spirituality differs greatly with western concepts of religion. This is best demonstrated by the fact that 88% of Qjers ascribe to a specific religious sect, yet 71% of people do not consider themselves religious. This is due in part to the unimportance of belief in Qjer religious/spiritual culture. Instead, for the vast majority of Qjers, community and ritual/practice are the most important aspects of their religiosity. What makes this especially unique is that 78% of Qjers' religion is Abrahamic in nature. In almost all Abrahamic religions, belief is emphasized at least to some extent, and often it is emphasized strongly. It is generally accepted that Qjer religion is so unique in this way due to a combination of three events: First, when Abrahamic religion was first introduced to Qjers, many adopted highly syncretic forms that still contained their original folk religion. Secondly, 89% of Qjers aren't truly monotheistic (including atheists). Thirdly, most Qjers' religion (81%) descend in some part from Manichaeism, a religion which while Abrahamic also incorporates religions such as Buddhism, and Kjanism, a religion which focused on syncretic personal interpretation of religion and the elimination of all worldly theological hierarchies.
Further characterization of Qjer religion is difficult largely due to how greatly it differs from western perspectives on religion, along with the high degree of syncretism and variance from person to person partly caused by the great success of Kyanism. 83% of Qjers are some kind of Gnostic or Dualist, while just under 50% deify/highly venerate Muhammad as a holy figure. 78% do the same for Jesus, while only 33% do for Moses. 21% identify as Islamic, and 18% identify as Christian, but only 2% identify as Jewish.
The largest three kinds of religion in Qjerizon are Semi-Polytheism, Semi-Henotheism, and Strict-Henotheism. Semi-Polytheism and Semi-Henotheism in Qjer is characterized by a single god that holds many natures, often one for each recognized prophet. Semi-Polytheists worship all natures as separate and equal parts of a single God, but consider that the different natures can in effect act, think, and or exist separately, and as such often treat the different natures the same way that a true polytheist would treat each separate god. A Semi-Henotheist has the same cosmology, but accepts a single specific nature of God as their god, worshiping that nature alone. A Strict-Henotheist simply considers there to be completely independent gods, though they often align with the different natures of semi-polytheists and semi-henotheists. Like semi-henotheists, they worship just one of the gods they recognize exist or accept may exist.
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89% Non-Monotheistic Affiliation
89% Non-Monotheistic Affiliation