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Here is Tondro's commentary on real world religion in OD&D:

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Worth noting, too, that the last product WotC released which referenced clearly real world deities (as opposed to the vague allusiona in Tyr and other FR deities, or Bahumet & Tiamat) was Spelljammer, over 3 years ago now.
In the last few years one of my family members became a Hellenic neopagan, my nextdoor neighbors are self identified Heathens and I went on a few dates with a Kemeticist, and I always thought it was weird that I could fight and kill their gods but I couldn't put the boots to Jesus Christ.

Then again I'm a SubGenius so I'd approve if they let me fight and kill J. R. "Bob" Dobbs.
 

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In the last few years one of my family members became a Hellenic neopagan, my nextdoor neighbors are self identified Heathens and I went on a few dates with a Kemeticist, and I always thought it was weird that I could fight and kill their gods but I couldn't put the boots to Jesus Christ.

Then again I'm a SubGenius so I'd approve if they let me fight and kill J. R. "Bob" Dobbs.
Deities & Demigods had the Hindu pantheon, which....um...wow.
 

Had been me, I should have not touched living religions back in the day (though, inactive religions such as the Greek and Egyptian gods would still have been an issue today, lol).
 


In the last few years one of my family members became a Hellenic neopagan, my nextdoor neighbors are self identified Heathens and I went on a few dates with a Kemeticist, and I always thought it was weird that I could fight and kill their gods but I couldn't put the boots to Jesus Christ.

Then again I'm a SubGenius so I'd approve if they let me fight and kill J. R. "Bob" Dobbs.

Actually you can, there is a video game called Fight of Gods where you either play as Jesus or fight him. It's available on Nintendo Switch or Steam.

Here is a video of Jesus fighting Moses in the game. You can fight or play Santa Claus too.

With those six pact they kind of made Jesus hot too.

 
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Deities & Demigods had the Hindu pantheon, which....um...wow.

I think that would be much more of an issue then Greek or Egyptian Gods, although those are Gods are worshipped still today, but the Pagan community really doesn't make a big deal about it, but some times the Hindu community does get upset at particular depiction, but never D&D.
 

I think that would be much more of an issue then Greek or Egyptian Gods, although those are Gods are worshipped still today, but the Pagan community really doesn't make a big deal about it, but some times the Hindu community does get upset at particular depiction, but never D&D.
I think that's mostly because there isn't much overlap between D&D players and Hindus. But I tell you who does get upset: Egyptians. That's not because they worship those gods, they don't. It's because they are sick and tired of their culture being looted by Europeans (looking at no British in particular).
 

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