[Discuss] The priest game

[Timothy Collett]

On Nov 25, 2007, at 2:50 PM, John P. Murphy wrote:
> Congratulations, you've reproduced a great deal of human religious
> history.  Politicians were historically very interested in
> controlling religions, and frequently made the king the head of the
> religion, even as recently as Henry VII.  If priests want power and
> influence of their own, they need to take it, not have it handed to
> them.

Unfortunately, that's a simplification.  In our history, the Church  
already *had* the power--politicians just tried to usurp it (and  
often succeeded).  The Church would later be able to reassert its  
power and move back to the original doctrine, if it wanted to (see:  
purgatory and the sale of indulgences).

> The way I see it, the priest game just will not work unless the
> player is willing to do some hard-core RP.

Religion will never work the way it is supposed to, under the current  
rules, unless *most of the members* of religions are willing to base  
their decisions on RP, not on OOC "I want to win" feelings.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

--

"You take, Zathras die.  You leave, Zathras die.  Either way, is bad  
for Zathras."
~ Zathras




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