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Since this has come up in another thread I wanted to talk about it but I didn’t want to completely Threadjack.
No government (that wasn’t a theocracy) worth it bureaucracy would let a religion get involved in the succession of the throne with Resurrections. Could you imagine the number of civil wars (or assassinations/ruinations of Priest capable of brining kings back) that would happen if an heir had to wait until a king died of a non-rezable means of death? There’s going to be exceptions but in general a government is not going to want to give a religion the power to put a ruler BACK on the throne. Death is a natural part of life kings die, new kings come around.
As for religions getting involved in law enforcement… if a faith isn’t already tied into the policing force it’d be an admission of failure for detectives (or whatever) to approach a church and ask for a locate person/object. And if the faith offers, just picture those scenes when the FBI becomes involved in a crime and how the local PD is resentful on those coming into their territory and telling them how to do things. The phrase “What, you don’t think I can do my job?” comes to mind.
It’s not a faiths job to use divine intervention to make things easier for people. Aside from exceptions (“we’ve got a missing child with two hours to live”) most faiths will tell people to do things on their own. Otherwise EVERYONE would be pestering a temple for quick fixes. Most faiths (especially those that would have temples in a major city) want people to be independent, just independent according to their doctrine.