[Discuss] "Atheism"

[Tom Vogt]

I think this bears repeating  because the whole damn discussion circles 
around it:

There is no thing like atheism in a medieval world, and much less in a 
fantasy medieval-like world. People believe in Gods. If any of your 
characters seriously claims he doesn't, I'll gladly lightning bolt him 
into serious wounds until he does.

Religion has been a very central part of life for almost all of human 
existence. It's been 200 years or so that people have even started to 
doubt religion as a concept. For 99% of human history the only question 
was _which_ religion was the right one.

Those who have priest characters can tell you that "no belief" or "no 
religion" does not appear in-game anywhere, it's not mentioned even 
once. All the un-converted peasants, for example, aren't atheists - they 
are followers of some local pagan religions.


So if any ruler makes a stink about it, I'll be very harsh to him. Once 
again, did you guys READ the inalienable rights page? Among other things 
it explains WHY the rules are there - they are OOC fun preserving tools. 
They serve to ensure that everyone can play the game the way he or she 
likes.
Babbling about "atheism" and forbidding priests is OOC fun destructive - 
it keeps people from experiencing the priest career, and thus a part of 
the game.



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