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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7783331" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>Well, I will note that in order to debate that at any depth, we'd have to veer into discussions that are verboten according to the board rules, but that we ought to note that none of the assertions you make are different in kind from what many people claim to observe and experience regarding this world. So the difference between a fantasy world and are own with respect to "the gods are real" could only be a difference in degree and not kind.</p><p></p><p>In any event, the critical term in your statement that you overlook is the plurality of 'gods'. Regardless of the reality of the gods to the inhabitants of the fantasy world, the plurality of real gods means that the inhabitants cannot know with certainty what the correct way one ought to live is. Are all the gods equally right? Are some gods more right than others? If the gods offer conflicting accounts of what is real, how do you decide which ones to trust? Amongst a variety of established ethos, which one ought one to choose? And, frankly, ought we to have trust in these so called gods to begin with? What exactly makes a god worthy of trust? All of these are going to be things that mortals will need to decide for themselves irrespective of the reality of the gods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7783331, member: 4937"] Well, I will note that in order to debate that at any depth, we'd have to veer into discussions that are verboten according to the board rules, but that we ought to note that none of the assertions you make are different in kind from what many people claim to observe and experience regarding this world. So the difference between a fantasy world and are own with respect to "the gods are real" could only be a difference in degree and not kind. In any event, the critical term in your statement that you overlook is the plurality of 'gods'. Regardless of the reality of the gods to the inhabitants of the fantasy world, the plurality of real gods means that the inhabitants cannot know with certainty what the correct way one ought to live is. Are all the gods equally right? Are some gods more right than others? If the gods offer conflicting accounts of what is real, how do you decide which ones to trust? Amongst a variety of established ethos, which one ought one to choose? And, frankly, ought we to have trust in these so called gods to begin with? What exactly makes a god worthy of trust? All of these are going to be things that mortals will need to decide for themselves irrespective of the reality of the gods. [/QUOTE]
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