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A series of books I am reading is the Fullmetal Alchemist series. A major influence that I have noticed throughout the books is religion. The Homunculi in the book, which are major secondary characters, are all based off of the seven deadly sins in Christianity, even though the book sports a primarily aetheist group of people. In the first book, a religion that bases itself on a sun god with followers that think that their prophet is able to resurrect them if they die. Totally a farse. Turns out the Homunculi were behind the cult and just wanted to cause massive bloodshed in the region in order to fulfill their primary purpose. A huge concept in the book is a science called alchemy, which they have learned to wield to turn any element into anything they can think of, while following the law of equivalent exchange (conservation of mass). This leads them to believe that there isn't any god since they can do just about anything.