Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-2253300-20130211000751/@comment-7186329-20130402161146

The one ,mostly undisputed, fact that is known on ALL imperial worlds it that `The Emperor protects` ,and that He is the God of humanity, and in current circumstances does require worship to keep up His powers. The Knowledge about the Golden Throne, or the HH happening is known to some imperial military, notably the Adeptus Astartes.

I think it is acurate to say that the average imperial citizen knows about the The Emperor, the Primarchs and that He is god. Other things such as the existance of Chaos the HH nda what happened is knowledge of the Space Marines and high ranking Imperial Guard Officials. The inquisitors, might know even more, knowledge about The Old Ones, the Chaos gods, and possibly a lot of the history of the Imperium.

Consider that there is a LOT of crime and desparation amongst imperial citizens. If they knew of the existance of the Chaos gods and their `offerings`, they might even willingly turn. Keep in mind that chaos `whispers` and lies in order to get more `followers`, most chaos cults have been created because of the corrupting influence of Chaos itself, not willing citizens.