RELIGION OF THE ONE GOD
BELIEFS
A unification of the so-called "monotheistic" religions Judaism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Islam. This faith system was more monotheistic than any of the above because there was less emphasis on devils and angels, and the virtual elimination of the Trinity. Mondecumen was a fairly liberal faith mainly because of the glossing over of the major theological differences between the old religions (of which anti-unification Protestant Christianity and Islam survived as separate, major religions on some colonies). However, Mondecumen believers were steadfast opponents of the surviving polytheistic and pantheistic religions, as well as the practice of witchcraft. There were many variations in different nations and colonies, some conservative and evangelical, some tolerant and almost Unitarian. In some communities there were attempts to include Mormons, Sikhs and Bahais, but such efforts usually fell through.
HISTORY
The movement to unify Judaism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Islam gathered pace very slowly, mainly in the liberal media elite and academic circles. However, as strife on Earth continued in Russia and Africa there was an increased momentum to unify the Judaism-derived religions, despite the theological differences. Especially in Europe, Australia, Canada and scattered secular-trending societies the Mondecumen Church gained greater influence, splitting unifiers from Christian and Islamic traditionalists and fundamentalists. Many of the early space colonies had a large Mondecumen component (especially due to the limited, shared space for clergy and ceremony on many ships and outposts) and the same situation was true for many interstellar colonies. The most influential, most tolerant such society was the secular Free Stars Alliance in which (outside of the mainly Etodist Yosonia/Chara/Ngaron region) a slim majority of the population was Mondecumen.
At its peak, nearly 5.5 billion people self-identified with the faith, although less than half of these practiced any form of prayer or service. The rather moderate, unorganized nature of the faith in the FSA allowed the rapid rise of Tahmetianity as overpopulation and resource crises brought the FSA to the breaking point. The aggressively evangelical Tahmetians not only ate away the strength of the remnants of classical Islam and Protestant-Christianity but also essentially eliminated Mondecumen as a major religion. After the Tahmentian Crusades most of the remaining Mondecumen colonies regressed into secularism, and even though many still believe the Mondecumen ideology it is by other names or within other faiths, and there is no longer a Mondecumen Church.
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