I've always thought that the Missionaria Protectiva was coolest concept in Dune. The "religious engineering".
The idea that over thousands of years the Bene Gesserit have seeded fake prophecy and religion throughout the universe to "primitive worlds". A Bene Gesserit visiting one of these worlds is trained to fulfill these prophecies and basically weaponize the locals.
I don't know why it blows my mind but it does. Has modern scifi used this idea anywhere?
The idea that over thousands of years the Bene Gesserit have seeded fake prophecy and religion throughout the universe to "primitive worlds". A Bene Gesserit visiting one of these worlds is trained to fulfill these prophecies and basically weaponize the locals.
I don't know why it blows my mind but it does. Has modern scifi used this idea anywhere?