[Discuss] "Atheism"

[Thomas Dalton]

> Hmm, one other interesting thing did occur to me in relation to
> this...the situation where a character believes in a religion that
> does not yet officially exist in the game (as, for instance, all 4 of
> mine do).  Presumably, they would be considered "pagan", but they
> *do* share a religion (one, in fact, which I will bring to the game
> once religion is active in stable).
>
> If one of them were to ban all religions but their own from the
> realm, it would effectively prevent anyone from being a Priest *until
> and unless* someone were willing to "found" their religion there...
>
> I think that would still count under the umbrella of "banning some
> religions," rather than "banning all religions," though, since people
> *can* become Priests, they just have to follow the state religion.

I would say a belief system which isn't represented by a formal
religion in the game is not a religion, it's a cult. Saying everyone
in the realm must be a member of your cult is contradictory - cults
are small groups of people. If you want to force people to join you,
found it as a religion.

Prehaps it should be made possible to found a religion without
becoming a priest (otherwise you need someone that is a believer, a
region lord and willing to being a priest, which is quite
restrictive). A region lord would build the first temple, but no-one
would be able to join until it had a priest (so, in place of the "Join
this religion" link, you'd have a "Become a priest of this region"
link) - you can't convert people without priests to perform initiation
rituals (the founder initiates the first priest rather informally, and
then it becomes a real religion with real initiations).

This has real life precedent - for example, Henry VIII founded the
Church of England without becoming a priest of it, he just appointed
someone else to perform that role.


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