Indika forced me to confront some of life's toughest questions, and I think it's made me a better person

I attended an all-girls Catholic high school. Religion then, for me, is complicated. It's always been a set of guidelines: don't do bad things, treat others the way you want to be treated. But, by the end of my time at school, I had seen its uglier side. The people who claimed to be good Catholics bullied other girls for being of a different race; they cast out queer people simply for loving the people they loved. Yet, nothing was ever done about it. Why - how could the acolytes of something so inherently good be so inherently bad? It's a question I've asked myself many times during my life: one that I silently, relentlessly seek an answer to. My faith has waned over the years (the degree in genocide history didn't do much to help), but the interest is still there - the silent sense of awe at religious imagery and architecture; the spiritualism, the reverence. It's why I found myself so attracted to Indika. Trigger warning: this article contains passing reference to sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:Frostpunk 2 publisher drops incredible new horror game, out right now

Mar 24, 2026 - 17:30

Indika forced me to confront some of life's toughest questions, and I think it's made me a better person

I attended an all-girls Catholic high school. Religion then, for me, is complicated. It's always been a set of guidelines: don't do bad things, treat others the way you want to be treated. But, by the end of my time at school, I had seen its uglier side. The people who claimed to be good Catholics bullied other girls for being of a different race; they cast out queer people simply for loving the people they loved. Yet, nothing was ever done about it. Why - how could the acolytes of something so inherently good be so inherently bad? It's a question I've asked myself many times during my life: one that I silently, relentlessly seek an answer to. My faith has waned over the years (the degree in genocide history didn't do much to help), but the interest is still there - the silent sense of awe at religious imagery and architecture; the spiritualism, the reverence. It's why I found myself so attracted to Indika.

Trigger warning: this article contains passing reference to sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised.

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