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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5365511" data-attributes="member: 2710">I'm not sure to what extent the 'no religion' rule can / does govern PbP, to the extent that, technically, any game that allows Divine characters which are given powers by their gods would then have to be banned, and clearly that's not the case. I can see how you / folks might be more uneasy, however, about using contemporary religion(s) as a basis. I think there are a couple of ways of dealing with that.1) Shift the world. We could easily have a contemporary-like world that's structured differently, and thus is clearly not 'our' world to an extent that discussions of deities wouldn't necessarily need to be seen as commentary on real-world religions.2) Science it up. I'm thinking probably most specifically about Stargate SG-1, where there were godlike beings which were both good and evil but which the show steadfastly denied *were* actual deities. It's a bit twisty logic-wise, but I thought it interesting that it let the show mine a lot of religious iconography and philosophies while allowing them to deny that they were directly commenting on any specific religions. By never claiming a real divine presence but perhaps talking about 'positive' and 'negative' energies, that might allow for something pseudo-religious without actually stepping on any toes.3) Focus on the bad. In general, especially since it seems there may be some shady motivations in our own organizations upper eschelon, it may be that we don't need to really be any kind of Blessed Organization so much as we would be using / co-opting powers to help us fight evil. Buffy is probably my template here. There's no doubt that demons were around, but the show rarely spent much time considering the existance of angelic forces or commenting on their noticable absence. Just some brainstorming.</blockquote>

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