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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 6784757" data-attributes="member: 6778044">Perhaps, but the best I can tell the Deities aren't that active in a direct manner toward the common folk. They seem to be active in their activities against each other. The normal connection between the deities and mortals tends to be in divinely granted abilities (usually described as being granted by underlings and intermediaries), omens, signs, and other vague and indirect ways.The Gods have a lot more to keep them occupied than trying to educate all of the Realmsfolk, that's the purpose of their clergy, and they don't even have a direct line, not to mention the fact that things have changed over the years, I'm sure that anybody who studied the writings of the different churches would find nothing but contradictions and confusion.Part of this could be due to the strength of the Deity being related to their followers, and presumably, the souls in their domain in the afterlife. Any given Deity would be interested in spreading 'the truth' to their followers, but each of the other Deities 'truths' would be from a perspective that would give them the advantage to gaining more souls. The evil Deities would probably actively foster lies and confusion to further their aims.Since most people would probably simply believe that living a good life would lead to a good afterlife, and venerating the Deities is just a normal part of 'a good life.' Ilbranteloth</blockquote>