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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7781598" data-attributes="member: 6799649"><p>You mean, they got Thor's hit points wrong?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, 'inaccuracy' may be an appropriate criticism of a scholarly work on the subject, but here:-</p><p></p><p>* the very idea that it's even <strong>possible</strong> to be 'accurate' regarding a system of belief which changed over 100s of years, that you could capture a moment in time and perfectly replicate those beliefs as 'accurate', is absurd. It would be rendered inaccurate when not talking about that specific time</p><p></p><p>* even different adherents active at the exact same time have different ideas about what is 'true' regarding their religion! Asking a gaming product to do the impossible shows that this objection cannot rationally apply</p><p></p><p>* Deities & Demigods is/was a gaming supplement. It was designed with certain goals in mind: to provide the DM with gods and pantheons of gods to use in his campaign world, to inspire further study....to be a <em>game supplement</em>, not an 'accurate' scholarly work!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What now?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Atheism? Tradition? What are you on about? Atheism is a tradition in the same way as 'Not Collecting Stamps' is a hobby! The word 'atheist' tells you absolutely nothing regarding what an atheist believes, only that there is one thing that they do <em>not</em> believe, which is the literal existence of any gods.</p><p></p><p>What would the 'Atheist Tradition' section of Deities & Demigods look like? Twelve blank pages? The day of the week that is set aside for atheists to <em>not</em> attend any church? What they do with the 10% of their money that they aren't compelled to give away? How many hit points 'No God' has?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a mistake to conflate 'real life' and 'spiritual life'. They are mutually exclusive concepts.</p><p></p><p>Sure, you come across as knowing a lot about dead religions. Well done you. But your criticism of a D&D game supplement for 'inaccuracy' is misplaced. I will continue to enjoy the Marvel comics version of a blond, clean-shaven 'Thor' despite knowing the 'inaccuracies', because the goal of the comics is to entertain, not to be a dissertation on Scandinavian culture intended to get tenure from Harvard!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 7781598, member: 6799649"] You mean, they got Thor's hit points wrong? Well, 'inaccuracy' may be an appropriate criticism of a scholarly work on the subject, but here:- * the very idea that it's even [b]possible[/b] to be 'accurate' regarding a system of belief which changed over 100s of years, that you could capture a moment in time and perfectly replicate those beliefs as 'accurate', is absurd. It would be rendered inaccurate when not talking about that specific time * even different adherents active at the exact same time have different ideas about what is 'true' regarding their religion! Asking a gaming product to do the impossible shows that this objection cannot rationally apply * Deities & Demigods is/was a gaming supplement. It was designed with certain goals in mind: to provide the DM with gods and pantheons of gods to use in his campaign world, to inspire further study....to be a [i]game supplement[/i], not an 'accurate' scholarly work! What now? Atheism? Tradition? What are you on about? Atheism is a tradition in the same way as 'Not Collecting Stamps' is a hobby! The word 'atheist' tells you absolutely nothing regarding what an atheist believes, only that there is one thing that they do [i]not[/i] believe, which is the literal existence of any gods. What would the 'Atheist Tradition' section of Deities & Demigods look like? Twelve blank pages? The day of the week that is set aside for atheists to [i]not[/i] attend any church? What they do with the 10% of their money that they aren't compelled to give away? How many hit points 'No God' has? It's a mistake to conflate 'real life' and 'spiritual life'. They are mutually exclusive concepts. Sure, you come across as knowing a lot about dead religions. Well done you. But your criticism of a D&D game supplement for 'inaccuracy' is misplaced. I will continue to enjoy the Marvel comics version of a blond, clean-shaven 'Thor' despite knowing the 'inaccuracies', because the goal of the comics is to entertain, not to be a dissertation on Scandinavian culture intended to get tenure from Harvard! [/QUOTE]
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