Re: Athiests in Fantasy Settings ( Was: some help please (druid))

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          Erol K. Bayburt <ErolB1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> FWIW, when I converted my Etan game from AD&D to TFT (back when TFT
> first came out - 1981, IIRC) I decided to fast-forward the world 1000
> years, and also to kill off all the deities. 
> 
> This left the obvious question for the gameworld's population: "The
> gods are all dead. Now what?" The answers I worked out involved a
> number of different "new religions." I tried to develop them as things
> that would meet human needs, but I didn't put much effort into them.  
> 
> "The ghosts of some gods still linger, and on some glorious future
> day, the gods themselves will return. And those who remembered them
> will be rewarded."
> 
> "Beyond the gods that were is the Hand of Fate. Submit to the fate
> that the Hand places upon you and to the teachings of the Nameless
> Prophet. Then you will be happier, both in this life and in the next."
> 
> "The great gods never had much time for ordinary mortals. The
> *im****tant* immortals are the various tribal, totem, and clan spirits.
> Their power will protect you, and their teachings will guide you." 
> 
> "The Emperor is the true Heir of the Gods. Obey Him, His laws, and His
> bureaucrat-priests."
> 
> "The world is a womb. Only when one dies, when one's spirit p*****
> through the Gates of the Dead on the god-plane will one's real life
> begin." 
> 
> "Secular wizardry and scholar****p can provide the answers we formerly
> asked the priests to give."

Seems to me you missed the most obvious response, variations on the theme
of:

"The Gods aren't dead, and anyone who says they are will be burned at the
stake for heresy."


Other than that, I think it's a superb list. :-)

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