In a fantasy world filled with magic and miraculous beings, will the religious concepts of the locals be completely different from the human of Earth?

[Rainbow Scissors]

The celebrity worship that many people engage in through social media is not that far from being a religion.
There are even (urban)myths that evolve and spread about the various celebrities, even though people can still see and hear those people. In some cases, what the person wants to believe is so strong that a person will outright reject reality so they can hold onto the belief that they have about a famous person.

I imagine that some fantasy religious with present supernatural beings would be something like that.

 

[zarionofarabel]

Hindus may identify with a wide array of worldviews, including polytheism, pantheism, panentheism, pandeism, henotheism, monotheism, monism, as well as agnostic, atheistic, or humanistic perspectives.

Only 7% of Hindus identify as polytheistic- i.e. believing in multiple discrete gods.

True, in which case you could ask one of 84 million polytheistic Hindus what it's like to gain some insight.

 

[Morrus]

True, in which case you could ask one of 84 million polytheistic Hindus what it's like to gain some insight.

Knock off the real world religion debates, please.

 

[MGibster]

D&D is kind of all about playing serial killers. But that one is just too... close to home / icky now.

I don't think I've ever played a D&D game where this was true. Oh, our characters are killers, but the motivation is very different from what we think of for the likes of Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, or Dexter Morgan who seem compelled to kill with no clear motivation. In my experience, most players are interested in having their characters fight bad guys.

 

[maeve]

In a fantasy world where magic and countless miraculous beings actually exist, people even the lowest peasants won't believe your empty words; they demand proof, tangible power. in other words, according to Earth's concepts, they are actually MATERIALISTS AND ATHEISTS————they know that God exists and worship them, but their concepts of such things is completely different from that of magicless Earthlings. simply put,unlike our Earth,in the fantasy world,if a missionary attempts to spread faith with empty words without demonstrating any real miracles, no one will care them.

Other people have mentioned how followers of pre-modern religions (at least) absolutely saw proof of their gods in the world around them, in their (apparent) responses to prayers, in (apparent) miracles, etc., but I think it's also worth noting that conceptualizing religion as being about faith is also a relatively modern belief. Gods in most pre-modern religions – especially in polytheistic religions – were uninterested in their worshippers having faith in anything resembling the modern sense of the word. They were mostly only interested in whether their worshippers were saying the right prayers, performing the right sacrifices, etc.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

You could ask one of the 1.2 billion Hindus that live on planet earth, they might have some insight into how it worked.

Fair enough. I’m talking about my own personal gaming experience.

 

[zarionofarabel]

Knock off the real world religion debates, please.

Sincerely apologize. I wasn't trying to debate anything, merely point out that there are in fact a lot of people that actually follow polytheistic traditions. I am totally unsure of how closely the modern religions follow older ones like the Greek or Roman or Norse traditions. I was just alerting people to the idea that there are current sources that may inform one of what it's like to actually practice a polytheistic tradition. As simply stating a fact about reality, is akin to trying to start a flame war about the topic, from me in this thread anyway, I will refrain from posting in this thread again. Again, my apologies. Have a great day!

 

[Tonguez]

I don't think I've ever played a D&D game where this was true. Oh, our characters are killers, but the motivation is very different from what we think of for the likes of Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, or Dexter Morgan who seem compelled to kill with no clear motivation. In my experience, most players are interested in having their characters fight bad guys.

Dexter is presented as Killer of bad guys following his strict code, and in the history of DnD what constitutes a bad guy hasnt always been so clear...

 

[The Firebird]

Dexter is presented as Killer of bad guys following his strict code, and in the history of DnD what constitutes a bad guy hasnt always been so clear...

I've never seen a d&d character kill because they can't help it, code or no. Usually it is because the bad guys are bad in some way.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

Dexter is presented as Killer of bad guys following his strict code, and in the history of DnD what constitutes a bad guy hasnt always been so clear...

So what kind of Paladin is Dexter?