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===Religion===
Within the lens of Akrivist ideology, religion is acknowledged as a powerful aspect of the human condition that cannot be suppressed by the state, motivating men of strong character to defy the will of the powerful throughout history. As such, it is viewed as something to be wielded as a tool to direct, shape, and control human behavior rather than attack it and risk a backlash that could very well topple an empire. In line with this thinking, Akrivism promotes as a policy the introduction of a state-run faith-based institution through which the ideology of Akrivism can be promulgated to the willing masses who turn to god – whatever his form may be – to attain for themselves eternal salvation from death and suffering relative to the sacrifice demanded of them. Indeed,
The state-run religious institution within an Akrivist state follows a tried and true formula which mixes Western and Eastern concepts into a viable hybrid model workable within a modern society. Treason and blasphemy are one in the same, as to rise in defiance of the state would be to blaspheme against the will of God who established the government in the manner he in his infinite wisdom determined was to represent him on the earth. Sedition is regarded as no more distinct than heresy, as to promote a different way to live within one's Akrivist society would be to preach a way of life separate from that envisioned by God himself. State officials of the Purple Division are approved to lead sermons and represent the state-church to the masses, and those of the Red Division are fully-empowered by God to act as judge, jury, and executioner, condemning the guilty to damnation for their sins against the state. The fusion of church and state has been fully embraced by Akrivism as the ideal, and its success is proven in the ability of the government to justify its existence by appealing to the Creator as having approved the ideology as the most effective and righteous way by which mankind is to live. Within the spiritual and susceptible minds of most humans, this is a truth self-evident in the simple fact that it has not buckled in the passage of time, and continues to endure down to the modern day.
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