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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8695118" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>Hehehehehe!</p><p></p><p>In concept, yes. In narrative... no.</p><p></p><p>Right now, for example, there are two Cults of Nefia, the Flower, in Sins of the Scorpion Age.</p><p></p><p>Nefia Among the People is a community organizing cult who focuses on the sacrifice that Nefia made in order to save the world from Ancais and their terrible gods. They're largely nonviolent and essentially act as helpers for the poor and downtrodden. They remain in poverty in order to give all that they have to others and help the community.</p><p></p><p>The Blood of Nefia instead focuses on the death of Nefia as an external act of violence against her. They still do community organizing, and help people, but they gather whatever wealth they can from tithings and work they do in order to work to change the systems of government that create the harm of the poor in the first place. They're also not above getting violent about it.</p><p></p><p>So you've got two groups worshipping the same god in different ways who see the other as ineffectual. To the NAP, the BoN are merely exacerbating the corruption endemic to society and further empowering the wealthy to do harm to the poor. The BoN see the NAP as instead wasting their efforts trying to soothe a wound rather than see it healed. And both have their extremists.</p><p></p><p>And violence comes largely from the BoN, but the NAP aren't entirely without blame. It makes it a complex and interesting issue because you've got people trying to help the poor in two drastically different ways who disdain the other. Who do you support? If there's a holy war, who will win? Who -should- win? </p><p></p><p>I dunno, i like it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8695118, member: 6796468"] Hehehehehe! In concept, yes. In narrative... no. Right now, for example, there are two Cults of Nefia, the Flower, in Sins of the Scorpion Age. Nefia Among the People is a community organizing cult who focuses on the sacrifice that Nefia made in order to save the world from Ancais and their terrible gods. They're largely nonviolent and essentially act as helpers for the poor and downtrodden. They remain in poverty in order to give all that they have to others and help the community. The Blood of Nefia instead focuses on the death of Nefia as an external act of violence against her. They still do community organizing, and help people, but they gather whatever wealth they can from tithings and work they do in order to work to change the systems of government that create the harm of the poor in the first place. They're also not above getting violent about it. So you've got two groups worshipping the same god in different ways who see the other as ineffectual. To the NAP, the BoN are merely exacerbating the corruption endemic to society and further empowering the wealthy to do harm to the poor. The BoN see the NAP as instead wasting their efforts trying to soothe a wound rather than see it healed. And both have their extremists. And violence comes largely from the BoN, but the NAP aren't entirely without blame. It makes it a complex and interesting issue because you've got people trying to help the poor in two drastically different ways who disdain the other. Who do you support? If there's a holy war, who will win? Who -should- win? I dunno, i like it. [/QUOTE]
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