[Discuss] Another Take on Religion

[zmobiebob]

On Nov 26, 2007 4:37 AM, Tom <tom at lemuria.org> wrote:

> Here's another thought I have about religion:
>
>
> Maybe we should just abandon it.
>
> I'll tell you why. It's not a gameplay reason, it's psychology. Very few
> of us can really "feel" what religion meant to someone of the time.
> We've grown up and live in a post-enlightenment world, and the view on
> religion is _the_ major difference.
>

It's true that none of us can really "feel" what religion or, more to the
point any given fictional religion would mean to people who really believed
it. But that doesn't mean we should abandon religion. We all grew up in a
post-feudalism society (most of us anyway) too, but that doesn't mean we
should do away with that aspect of the game either.


So, instead of badly simulating something that we can't really relate
> to, maybe we should go one step further into the "fantasy" direction and
> postulate that the BM world is post-enlightenment as well?
>
>
Well, you might postulate that, but there will still be religions in the
game (they existed before the Priest game).

The whole thing needs some refinement, not elimination.
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