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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 998975" data-attributes="member: 149">A) A lot depends on exactly HOW involved the god is with mortal worshipers. If the god was intimately involved then, no a war probably couldn't break out. However, if you have a lot of layers of "buracracy" between the worshipers and the god, probably in the form of solars, planetars etc... I can see it fairly easily. For one thing probably only the highest level priests get to talk to the gods directly, lesser priests talk to "assisants" who say "We'll let the boss know." (throw into circular file). Those highest level priests could have either differing interpretations of dogma and have intollerant personalities, thus being unwilling to compromise or having had their power go to their head and thus conflict could arise if the point of contention would lead to a loss of power/influence.B) The church could be spread across "national" boundries and the beliefs/dogmas/approaches to the religion could be heavily influenced by the cultures of the different societies and that could well created differences that would be unresolvable. At the risk of getting political/religious, the abortion debate is probably a good example of this. Both sides have a good argument for their point of view and both could easily be considered correct, yet they are diametrically opposed and incompatible. Good isn't always clear cut.C) The god may well be reluctant to simply lay down the law on every last point. If it's the god to whom all decisions are decided by, the worshipers become little more than servants and that may be unaceptable to the god, especially if it is a god that encourages things like individual concience, free thought, personal growth, learning and development. There was a short story take on the Adam and Eve fable, in which they stood up to god when he challenged them over eating the apple and refused to cower and beg for mercy. God then said something to the effect of "I have done this a thousand times on a thousand different worlds and have found only slaves and worshipers. Only here do I have equals."</blockquote>

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