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<blockquote data-quote="rebbeman" data-source="post: 6792139" data-attributes="member: 6807980"><p>As a rabbi in real life (yes, really!), I find the discussion of religion in this game world particularly interesting. Ultimately religion is a complicated thing. Who defines it? The average folk who practice it, the theologians who interpret it, the institutions that represent it? The answer is all and none! The Silver flame, like real world religions is based on a sincere belief in the good that it represents. And for most of the people who follow it it is probably the case, the same way that the average person in the pew believes in what is being said and done at their church/synagogue/mosque and believes that they are following a righteous path by being there. But they don;t always believe or follow EVERYTHING, including not always approving of what the religious institution is doing beyond their church and their pastor. And once you bring bureaucracy and material issues into a religious life, whether that is budgets for the church or synagogue and politics within lay leaders, or applying the religion in the public square, the friction between sincere belief and the effects of power are inevitable. That doesn't mean that religion is bad or corrupt but that it is inevitably effected by personal biases and the flaws of human beings, both on a personal level and on a larger scale. So the Silver Flame may be a very good religion but there is also inevitably corruption because it is so entwined in the workings of a nation. So in essence both the idea that Silver Flame is good and holy AND the idea that it is corrupt can be true at the same time, and it really depends on the decision of the DM (and probably their personal view of religion) which is prioritized in their game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rebbeman, post: 6792139, member: 6807980"] As a rabbi in real life (yes, really!), I find the discussion of religion in this game world particularly interesting. Ultimately religion is a complicated thing. Who defines it? The average folk who practice it, the theologians who interpret it, the institutions that represent it? The answer is all and none! The Silver flame, like real world religions is based on a sincere belief in the good that it represents. And for most of the people who follow it it is probably the case, the same way that the average person in the pew believes in what is being said and done at their church/synagogue/mosque and believes that they are following a righteous path by being there. But they don;t always believe or follow EVERYTHING, including not always approving of what the religious institution is doing beyond their church and their pastor. And once you bring bureaucracy and material issues into a religious life, whether that is budgets for the church or synagogue and politics within lay leaders, or applying the religion in the public square, the friction between sincere belief and the effects of power are inevitable. That doesn't mean that religion is bad or corrupt but that it is inevitably effected by personal biases and the flaws of human beings, both on a personal level and on a larger scale. So the Silver Flame may be a very good religion but there is also inevitably corruption because it is so entwined in the workings of a nation. So in essence both the idea that Silver Flame is good and holy AND the idea that it is corrupt can be true at the same time, and it really depends on the decision of the DM (and probably their personal view of religion) which is prioritized in their game. [/QUOTE]
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