[Discuss] "Atheism"

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No it doesn't. You could ban all religions except one. But, if I understand
Tom correctly, you can't follow no religion. You must believe in a religion.
Or maybe even if you don't, you can't say so and it must be something
private and not a public agenda.

On 9/26/06, 05-eisonstabo at hkskole.no <05-eisonstabo at hkskole.no> wrote:
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> > 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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> does this mean that you cannot make <i> one </I> religion illegal in your
> realm?
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