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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6296862" data-attributes="member: 7006">Well, I wasn't trying to put out one strict definition of 'Priest' in the game per se.  I'm sure there are many ways to become priests in the respective worlds that have them.  But rather, it's idea of using 'priest' as the catch-all term for anyone who has any religious connection whatsoever-- that's what I was suggesting I don't agree with.Is the guy who tends the shrine outside the tiny village a 'priest'?  I wouldn't say he is necessarily.  He might be the one in charge of its care, and might be the most devout person in the village... but even as I look at 'priest' in wikipedia, it says it's someone who is authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion.  Which is how I personally see it, and goes along with my other posts to Kobold Stew.  Priest is a job you are granted by a higher authority in the hierarchy.  You've been authorized to be called one.  So that guy who cares for the roadside shrine might be a priest... but he also might be just an adept.  Or acolyte.  Or not even have any divine occupation whatsoever.At the end of the day... my only real point is that to me personally, a Priest has a higher position in the religious hierarchy than many other people who would claim to have a religious background.  It's not something a person can just say they are.  A person can say they're a Follower of a god.  They can be a Devotee.  An Adherent.  With a bit of actual study and/or work, maybe an Acolyte or an Adept.  But Priest? That requires more work and then someone else granting them the authority to be one and carry out its work.  In my opinion of course.</blockquote>

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