- CavemanBCE
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The Elites could go the way of humans (closer to how we are now than in 2552), in that some will abandon religion entirely (I'd imagine the Arbiter and Rtas to be similar to the generally secular human population). Some will abandon faith in the Forerunners as gods but will find other religious beliefs. Others still will retain the Forerunner worship, perhaps even violently opposing heretics.
It may be too difficult to read, given our current information. Although our species has existed with supernatural beliefs for probably it's entirety, the various spiritual mythologies have varied from the more primitive animism and nature worship, to different polytheisms, to monotheism, to Xenu capturing the souls of conquered worlds and stuffing them into volcanoes. The Sangheili have, as far as we know, had the same religion since they were returned to their planet from the Ark with only minor modifications when the Covenant was formed. They've also existed under theocratic totalitarianism for thousands of years. It may be, at this point in their evolution, entirely likely that atheism or even doubt at all is a rarity. How many heretics were there before the end of the Human-Covenant War? I don't think there have been many. They've been bred to be superstitious since, at the very least, the Covenants inception. Hard to change that.
[Edited on 09.08.2011 3:14 PM PDT]