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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 8314256" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>Figure out what makes sense to you. Implement that.</p><p></p><p>If being absorbed by a god/plane is the main issue, just excise that detail. Everyone can hang out in the Celestial Heavens (or be tormented in the 9 Hells) for eternity. </p><p></p><p>Alternately, you could reframe it. Maybe the absorption is more along the lines of an evolution, of becoming a part of something greater than you were; the next step upon the path of the soul (as opposed to an end). Maybe each soul has the potential to eventually blossom into its own universe/multiverse, giving life to new souls, who then embark on this journey anew.</p><p></p><p>I usually create a new pantheon when I create a new world, because I want the deities to fit the setting and the background. </p><p></p><p>Typically, the deities in my settings are unknowable entities far beyond mortal ken. They reveal themselves to humans as aspects, which are pared down versions of what they encompass (there are even those who believe that it is a singular, all encompassing entity, from whom all the deities are merely aspects). For example, Athena and Ares might be the same entity who represents war. The followers of each aspect might even war with one another, and this is good, because the entity is war. The deities aren't concerned with amassing followers or amassing material things. That's left to their churches to worry about. They encompass and promote their ideal, even when it would seemingly be against their best interests (from a human perspective). In my settings, the consciousness of a deity can be destroyed (albeit, not easily, and only if they choose to manifest physically). However, that doesn't extinguish the essence that is that deity. It still exists and acts upon the world, though lacking conscious thought to focus those actions. If a someone attains a sufficiently singular focus upon that idea, the essence will be drawn to and merge with that consciousness, and the deity will be reborn. People with such a singular vision are exceedingly rare however. Most people are more complex, less singular.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 8314256, member: 53980"] Figure out what makes sense to you. Implement that. If being absorbed by a god/plane is the main issue, just excise that detail. Everyone can hang out in the Celestial Heavens (or be tormented in the 9 Hells) for eternity. Alternately, you could reframe it. Maybe the absorption is more along the lines of an evolution, of becoming a part of something greater than you were; the next step upon the path of the soul (as opposed to an end). Maybe each soul has the potential to eventually blossom into its own universe/multiverse, giving life to new souls, who then embark on this journey anew. I usually create a new pantheon when I create a new world, because I want the deities to fit the setting and the background. Typically, the deities in my settings are unknowable entities far beyond mortal ken. They reveal themselves to humans as aspects, which are pared down versions of what they encompass (there are even those who believe that it is a singular, all encompassing entity, from whom all the deities are merely aspects). For example, Athena and Ares might be the same entity who represents war. The followers of each aspect might even war with one another, and this is good, because the entity is war. The deities aren't concerned with amassing followers or amassing material things. That's left to their churches to worry about. They encompass and promote their ideal, even when it would seemingly be against their best interests (from a human perspective). In my settings, the consciousness of a deity can be destroyed (albeit, not easily, and only if they choose to manifest physically). However, that doesn't extinguish the essence that is that deity. It still exists and acts upon the world, though lacking conscious thought to focus those actions. If a someone attains a sufficiently singular focus upon that idea, the essence will be drawn to and merge with that consciousness, and the deity will be reborn. People with such a singular vision are exceedingly rare however. Most people are more complex, less singular. [/QUOTE]
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