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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 481078" data-attributes="member: 151">You could also take Tolkein's approach, which is quite similar to the medieval Christian church: they're not really gods, just higher beings.Eru, the One, also known as Illuvatar, is the only real God in Middle-Earth...distant and unknown to any of the races therein.  Beings like Manwe, Ulmo and even Melkor act as Gods, but are really angellic beings of vast power.  Lesser angellic beings like Sauron, Gandalf, Balrogs and even Tom Bombadil coexist, but are dramatically reduced for 'descending' to Middle Earth.I would also hasten to point out that to some, even today, there exists proof of miracles and the like.  Healing fountains, appearances of the Virgin Mary, and so forth.  Medieval Europe had more of this, not less, as the average peasant didnt' travel more than a few miles from his village to begin with.  If the cardinal came for a visit every ten years, and tells you that the Virgin Mary appeared in Sicily and showered sparks of fiery butterflys on the crowd, who were they to disbelieve?I agree a lot would change...but then, so would the addition of Orcs, right? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>