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<blockquote data-quote="Ibram" data-source="post: 2368493" data-attributes="member: 17640"><p>IMC there are several reasons why one would worship a god</p><p></p><p>1) because thats what everyone else does. If your parents worship a god, and all your neighbors worship a god then you probably worship that god. If you think about it thats why most people worship a god, and its not realy worship anyway.</p><p></p><p>2) because the god promotes ideals you believe in. a much smaller portion of the population follows gods for this reason. If you believe, realy deeply believe, in justice then you'll probably follow the teachings of the Justice God.</p><p></p><p>3) Because the god is there and he says to. this is mostly the case with exceptionaly powerful beings like ancient dragons. Lets face it; if a great wyrm red dragon told you to spend 3 hours a morning once a week in a building you'd do it.</p><p></p><p>4) they experience the emotion of Faith. the rarest form; those who do dont usualy "worship" a "god" but rather have a deeply held sense of the divine.</p><p></p><p>what benefits do you get?</p><p></p><p>well for 1, you fit in with your community. and are less likely to be burned at the stake.</p><p></p><p>when you fall under the second group you realy are not looking for a benefit, but you can get some comfort from the knowledge that there is a powerful entity backing you up.</p><p></p><p>Three offers the most benefits, the dragon wont eat you... and bandits are not that likely to raid your farm.</p><p></p><p>the fourth group is similar to the third in that they dont realy get a tangible benefit for their faith. that faith is the reward in and of itself.</p><p></p><p>There is no rules reason for characters to worship, or not worship gods IMC. Its up to the players to determine if they want their character to be religious or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ibram, post: 2368493, member: 17640"] IMC there are several reasons why one would worship a god 1) because thats what everyone else does. If your parents worship a god, and all your neighbors worship a god then you probably worship that god. If you think about it thats why most people worship a god, and its not realy worship anyway. 2) because the god promotes ideals you believe in. a much smaller portion of the population follows gods for this reason. If you believe, realy deeply believe, in justice then you'll probably follow the teachings of the Justice God. 3) Because the god is there and he says to. this is mostly the case with exceptionaly powerful beings like ancient dragons. Lets face it; if a great wyrm red dragon told you to spend 3 hours a morning once a week in a building you'd do it. 4) they experience the emotion of Faith. the rarest form; those who do dont usualy "worship" a "god" but rather have a deeply held sense of the divine. what benefits do you get? well for 1, you fit in with your community. and are less likely to be burned at the stake. when you fall under the second group you realy are not looking for a benefit, but you can get some comfort from the knowledge that there is a powerful entity backing you up. Three offers the most benefits, the dragon wont eat you... and bandits are not that likely to raid your farm. the fourth group is similar to the third in that they dont realy get a tangible benefit for their faith. that faith is the reward in and of itself. There is no rules reason for characters to worship, or not worship gods IMC. Its up to the players to determine if they want their character to be religious or not. [/QUOTE]
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