In a message dated 11/16/03 11:17:51 PM Mountain Standard Time, ibrahimunderwood@yahoo.com writes: > What background is there to give? Oh, what they do, how they operate, who's in control, their relations with governments and other religions, what powers they have. You know; RELIGION. > Many of the societies have a basic description of their religion, some have > excerpts or quotes from relevant religious texts, This is belief. Beliefs are no more religions than political platforms are governments. > but otherwise it would function much as religion does generally. There's no such thing as "religion generally." What do you mean? In a message dated 11/16/03 11:54:47 PM Mountain Standard Time, andrewdj54701@yahoo.com writes: > Really, there are two kinds or flavors of religion in Celandra. There's > what you might call 'Confucian' type, where it's not so much a religion > with a god or pantheon as it is a collection of ethical precepts. Then > there's the 'Classic Fantasy' type, where the religion's members are > actively worshipping and in some way interacting with a Being or Beings > in the Dreaming. These are not religions. These are beliefs. HOW the precepts are applied and HOW the deity is worshiped THAT'S religion. Jefferson (Exquaestio) http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
