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<blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 7612181" data-attributes="member: 83242"><p>I generally agree; however, at the time this was written, some of what you believe is false was not considered false. Heck most texts, and based on your other posts on Norse beliefs, and scholars still refer to the Norse animistic spirits as "gods." So are they false statements? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It isnt just that the Deities & Demigods is wrong, it is the book is wrong about some of the most central concepts that matter to these cultures. It is misappropriation.</p><p></p><p> I knew that would be your focus. However, that doesn't make you correct. You are basing your viewpoint on more recent information; but you don't have first hand information. I think it is likely your viewpoint is equally as false.</p><p></p><p>Now, you would think we could get some clarity with active religions that are represented. However, my own experiences with Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Shintoism, and Hinduism have lead me to believe that their is not one truth within a particular religion. I know for a fact that practitioners of those faiths do not believe the same truths and see falsehoods in the beliefs in other practitioners of the same faith. </p><p></p><p>So what is truth and what is false then. I don't really think that is for an RPG product to decided.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dave2008, post: 7612181, member: 83242"] I generally agree; however, at the time this was written, some of what you believe is false was not considered false. Heck most texts, and based on your other posts on Norse beliefs, and scholars still refer to the Norse animistic spirits as "gods." So are they false statements? It isnt just that the Deities & Demigods is wrong, it is the book is wrong about some of the most central concepts that matter to these cultures. It is misappropriation. I knew that would be your focus. However, that doesn't make you correct. You are basing your viewpoint on more recent information; but you don't have first hand information. I think it is likely your viewpoint is equally as false. Now, you would think we could get some clarity with active religions that are represented. However, my own experiences with Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Shintoism, and Hinduism have lead me to believe that their is not one truth within a particular religion. I know for a fact that practitioners of those faiths do not believe the same truths and see falsehoods in the beliefs in other practitioners of the same faith. So what is truth and what is false then. I don't really think that is for an RPG product to decided. [/QUOTE]
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