[Discuss] The priest game

[Dale Sheldon]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Tom Vogt wrote:

>> Is this all there is to the priest game? Endless preaching, punctuated 
>> by the occasional assassination attempt?
>
> Unfortunately, yes.
>
> And that's because priests are abused. Most religions are bullshit 
> religions that were actually created to serve some political purpose and 
> are run by politicians (often rulers or dukes) that use the religion as 
> an extension of their realm politics.

Wait, are you commenting about the _game_ or about real life? ;)

But to be serious: that _is_ what a lot of organized religions were used 
for, several centuries of the Catholic church being the prime example, and 
the split of of the Anglicans being another.

Which brings me to a tanget: can religions schism?

> One thought is a bit radical, but tell me what you think about it: Only 
> priests can ever be senior members in a religion.
>
> That would ensure that religions are actually run by the characters 
> interested in religion, and not by politicians. Maybe more religions 
> would try to put pressure on realms, instead of being used by them.
>
> Or is that too radical?

That depnds.  Do you want priest to be *preachers* or to be *leaders in 
the church*.  Again, historically, Catholic bishops, the Pope, and other 
religious leaders were often *also* landed nobility, and wielded 
significant power in the church *and* in political circles.

-- 
Dale Sheldon
dales at digitalfreaks.org


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