02-26-2012, 04:48 AM | #91 | ||
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Re: [Fantasy] Standard Fantasy Setting
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The post(s) that I mentioned to you takes in account real life metaphysics, theology and angelology (in that order), between other things secondarily related to all that. Quote:
- Also, for the shake of genericness, you may want to consider that in many contexts, the term "god" doesn't carry by itself the meaning of the One nor of the Supreme Being, and that such term not always betrays a polytheistic worldview: generally speaking, these plural "gods", as for instance the Hindu (and also Buddhist) devas, are heavenly beings –sometimes, too, spiritual stations of sainthood or esoteric knowledge–, without any intention of deceptively posing as the Supreme Being (there is a difference between Iswhara –"the Lord"– and deva), nor they are trying to usurp that "role" –of course there are always exceptions, but then there is also Lucifer–, and according to many comparative studies deva has been translated as "god" (in the aforementioned "restricted sense") and as "angel" too, in the same way than their opponents, the asuras, have been translated as "demons", and also as "titans". (It goes without saying that I'm mentioning this in a nutshell (it can't be treated exhaustively), I'm not mentioning here etymology nor history of terms implying its variations of meanings through the centuries, and in any case, my intention isn't to overcomplicate the subject.)
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02-26-2012, 05:32 AM | #92 | |
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Since there is no proof whatsoever of any religion being right, or of miracles occurring ever, faith in providence is vague by definition rather than concrete. |
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02-26-2012, 05:33 AM | #93 |
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Re: [Fantasy] Standard Fantasy Setting
Stating up front that your game has a single omnipotent creator blows generic-ness out of the water.
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02-26-2012, 06:22 AM | #94 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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People being people, they will search for answers for that they don't understand. Some sort of religion will exist, more so in a world that includes supernatural powers and beings (something you already accepted). Now, it's possible that in such a world, no such creature has formed a cult around it, but that certainly looks contrary to human nature, and so probably very "ungeneric". If said creatures grant powers to their most devout, then you have "empowered clerics" and "empowered paladins". |
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dungeon fantasy, fantasy, generic, religion, setting, standard fantasy, vanilla |
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