Topic of Religion and Why it Should Have an Overhaul

[Sanhedrin]

Why is 100% of the population religious of some veriaty? What happened to just people vibing or whatever? Add atheism or something into the game. Add the option to crack down on religions and force our city to only obey the law.

[Catsander]

Originally posted by Sanhedrin:

Why is 100% of the population religious of some veriaty? What happened to just people vibing or whatever? Add atheism or something into the game. Add the option to crack down on religions and force our city to only obey the law.

From what I understand about the lore the religion in this game is not composed from fairy tales but a part of actual history in the game. There are no atheists, because gods, giants and dondorians are physical things that the inhabitans of the world can confirm and percieve.

[Lordly Cinder]

Originally posted by Catsander:

Originally posted by Sanhedrin:

Why is 100% of the population religious of some veriaty? What happened to just people vibing or whatever? Add atheism or something into the game. Add the option to crack down on religions and force our city to only obey the law.

From what I understand about the lore the religion in this game is not composed from fairy tales but a part of actual history in the game. There are no atheists, because gods, giants and dondorians are physical things that the inhabitans of the world can confirm and percieve.

Isnt it a fact that the world is round? Yet millions think its flat? Unless they saw with their own eyes... Which in this world most did not see with their own eyes.

Ill point out that a great many gods and fairy tales are actually the same gods but in a different language. Most myth is a tale of demi gods ect but those gods were just like people which means easily corrupted by their lusts.

Im not so sure that they were fairy tales. However by the time we get them they likely have been corrupted for a number of purposes. Then you take the more modern western God. Someone who is historically accurate and witnessed by first hand accounts, almost all of whom died horrific deaths simply because they wouldnt change their testimony. Rarely will some one die for a lie. Its much harder then you'd think to make your own fairy tale that people believe, that also stands the test of time. I wouldnt be so hasty to discount all these stories.

[fortydayweekend]

This sounds like something that could be modded

[lvan]

*sniff sniff* why does it smell like reddit

[Catsander]

Originally posted by Lordly Cinder:

Im not so sure that they were fairy tales.

I agree with your disposition, but I think you are missing the point.

If gigant, elfs and dwarfs that are literally spawned in mountains would exist today, here on earth, there would be no atheists.

[Sanhedrin]

Originally posted by Catsander:

Originally posted by Sanhedrin:

Why is 100% of the population religious of some veriaty? What happened to just people vibing or whatever? Add atheism or something into the game. Add the option to crack down on religions and force our city to only obey the law.

From what I understand about the lore the religion in this game is not composed from fairy tales but a part of actual history in the game. There are no atheists, because gods, giants and dondorians are physical things that the inhabitans of the world can confirm and percieve.

Nonsense, Just because something might exist doesn't mean you have to worship it. For example taylor swift exists but we don't all have to worship her. So in this game just cause some thing happened and there is a big dude with a big D*ck doesn't mean everyone and their dog has to choose a side and start worshipping something. Its nonsense pick another counter argument.

[hitherebyethere]

Originally posted by Sanhedrin:

Originally posted by Catsander:

From what I understand about the lore the religion in this game is not composed from fairy tales but a part of actual history in the game. There are no atheists, because gods, giants and dondorians are physical things that the inhabitans of the world can confirm and percieve.

Nonsense, Just because something might exist doesn't mean you have to worship it. For example taylor swift exists but we don't all have to worship her. So in this game just cause some thing happened and there is a big dude with a big D*ck doesn't mean everyone and their dog has to choose a side and start worshipping something. Its nonsense pick another counter argument.

Well see it this way, "everyone" was christian back then in europe, but there were varying levels of faith.

[Sanhedrin]

Originally posted by hitherebyethere:

Originally posted by Sanhedrin:

Nonsense, Just because something might exist doesn't mean you have to worship it. For example taylor swift exists but we don't all have to worship her. So in this game just cause some thing happened and there is a big dude with a big D*ck doesn't mean everyone and their dog has to choose a side and start worshipping something. Its nonsense pick another counter argument.

Well see it this way, "everyone" was christian back then in europe, but there were varying levels of faith.

But not everyone demanded a church in their town. Some people were just fine being peasants or whatever

[hitherebyethere]

Originally posted by Sanhedrin:

Originally posted by hitherebyethere:

Well see it this way, "everyone" was christian back then in europe, but there were varying levels of faith.

But not everyone demanded a church in their town. Some people were just fine being peasants or whatever

No but the people who wanted it lived with the people that don't really care. And if you said you didn't belive in any gods you'd get weird looks. It would seem like arrogance to the people with gods as there is no Scientific revolution which atheists based their world view on. Tech is a thing, but the idea of everything can be discovered with science isn't present pre-enlightenment times, and if it was never in large enough numbers to impact society

Life was hard, very hard, so any solace was tempting. Even if you didn't faithfully follow the religion, it was comforting to have someone to blame.

[Kazaanh]

There should be inquisition order for sure. And 1 god should be possible to be primary made.

If you can educate people by "indoctrination" , why not educate people into believeling you are the only god worth praising? And create order of inquisitors to declare heresy upon infidels.

[Marakas]

You have no reason to be atheist if you know the Gods exist, you can maybe be an "Pathfinder DnD" atheist who wants the gods to lose their power and live free without possibility of divine intervention.

[Catsander]

Originally posted by Sanhedrin:

Nonsense. Just because something might exist doesn't mean you have to worship it.

No, I never said that. Atheism is the denial of divine "existence", not selection of worship.

If you think divinity is real - you cannot possibly be an atheist, no matter if you worship the gods or not.

[Redassassin]

Bruh, this is a fantasy game where gods and magic exist. It would make zero sense for athiests to exist in this game.

[BlazeXM]

Athiesm would be dense unless it was a group of people deliberately rejecting the rule of the gods and attempting to revolt against them (The modern equivalent being gnosticism or something), since varying allegiances with the gods seems to already be canon.

What I don't understand is why everyone of a single race still worships multiple gods. There's a majority, sure, but it's never the overwhelming majority (Even among your starting plebs) and it makes it annoying to have to build four shrines right next to each other just to satisfy all of them. I like the idea of minor religious outlier groups, as well as them quarreling with each other, but I don't think there's been a major civilization (Even the modern day US) where there hasn't been some majority religion/school of thought. It would be like if they put the Kaaba next to Notre Dame and decided to stick the world bank next to all of it.

[BlackCat]

Honestly, I just got this game, have yet to play due to waiting on new update inc soon, and I'm considering making a mod with just a new Faith that would be Anti-God centric, worshiping the self/science, etc. Seems like the easiest 'fix' to anyone who wants to play as Atheistic, or just rebelling against the religious structure of the current age.