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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6350683" data-attributes="member: 7006">Especially in the Forgotten Realms... I see absolutely no difference between &quot;god&quot; and &quot;very very very very very powerful being&quot;.&nbsp; The word &quot;god&quot; has be created in that realm to define those very very very very very powerful beings.&nbsp; If you know they exist, and believe they exist... then you believe in the gods.&nbsp; You can't make the distinction between them saying &quot;Well, they're really powerful beings, but they're not gods!&quot;... simply because you have nothing else to compare those powerful beings to.&nbsp; You'd need to have someone/something else in the Realms that *is* a &quot;god&quot; in your mind to be able to then come to the conclusion that &quot;Mystra is not one.&quot;As Henry pointed out... you might not choose to worship them... but that doesn't mean you still don't believe in them.&nbsp; If you know the very very very powerful beings then you know the gods exist.&nbsp; Because one is the term that defines the other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6350683, member: 7006"] Especially in the Forgotten Realms... I see absolutely no difference between "god" and "very very very very very powerful being". The word "god" has be created in that realm to [I]define[/I] those very very very very very powerful beings. If you know they exist, and believe they exist... then you believe in the gods. You can't make the distinction between them saying "Well, they're really powerful beings, but they're not gods!"... simply because you have nothing else to compare those powerful beings to. You'd need to have someone/something else in the Realms that *is* a "god" in your mind to be able to then come to the conclusion that "Mystra is not one." As Henry pointed out... you might not choose to [I]worship[/I] them... but that doesn't mean you still don't believe in them. If you know the very very very powerful beings then you know the gods exist. Because one is the term that defines the other. [/QUOTE]

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