By the Waters of Babylon
What do the rules and laws suggest about the narrator's society?
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In By the Waters of Babylon, the futuristic society is ruled by religion and a belief in many gods (people who are dead). The people worship nature, healers have replaced men of science, and superstition abounds. It is a spiritual place more than anything else, and its rules are adhered to because of the fear their superstitions has instilled on the population.