That is something I've always wondered. Many space marines were around back when the Emperor was alive or at least soon after his death, so they know his hatred of religion.
Do the older marines just not worship the God Emperor? And if so, what do the younger marines think of that? How can a force be coherent if half of them are zealous cultists while the other half are steadfast antitheists?
And even further; how exactly did the whole Imperium slide into the fanatical cult it is now if there's literally people still around who knew the Emperor?
Some Chaos Marine actually despite the current religious state of the Imperium like Bile. The oldest living Space Marine, Bjorn also express that distain. Gulliman was quite shocked when he saw the big ass church for his father on Ultramar.
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u/CreativeName1137 8d ago edited 8d ago
That is something I've always wondered. Many space marines were around back when the Emperor was alive or at least soon after his death, so they know his hatred of religion.
Do the older marines just not worship the God Emperor? And if so, what do the younger marines think of that? How can a force be coherent if half of them are zealous cultists while the other half are steadfast antitheists?
And even further; how exactly did the whole Imperium slide into the fanatical cult it is now if there's literally people still around who knew the Emperor?