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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8047984" data-attributes="member: 6801228">You are missing the point, tremendously. If we assume that &quot;Good&quot; and &quot;Law&quot; have objective truths. And then we assume that their are Dieties who are themselves aligned with &quot;Good&quot; and &quot;Law&quot;. And then we assume that these dieties play an active role in the world (as shown in Faerun) then it follows naturally that they will lay down laws and practices which are objectively &quot;Good&quot; and &quot;Lawful&quot;. If then there is a new situation that comes up, something not covered by the laws set out (which are objectively good and objectively lawful, so they do have an objective answer to this new situation) then logically the inhabitants of the world would ask the Diety how it should be handled.And, since we can logically assume that war, killing, and violence over a misunderstanding are not objectively &quot;Good&quot; or objectively &quot;Lawful&quot; then those dieties who are objectively &quot;Good&quot; and objectively &quot;Lawful&quot; will answer those questions to prevent such things from occurring. Would an Evil deity? No, of course not. Evil is constantly shown to promote suffering, generally needless suffering. With Devils having entire Torture cities and an entire caste of torturers, Demons ripping and tearing and causing suffering, hags delighting in causing misery and suffering. Evil Dieties would in fact try and spread confusion, to increase misery and evil in the world. But that only applies to areas that worship evil deities. In a place that worships objectively &quot;Good&quot; and objectively &quot;Lawful&quot; dieties these things wouldn't happen. The people have an answer, it is the correct answer, and any misunderstanding of the answer would be clarified by the Deity, because that promotes objective &quot;Good&quot; and objective &quot;Law&quot;What happens with chaotic or evil or chaotic evil deities does not change this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8047984, member: 6801228"] You are missing the point, tremendously. If we assume that "Good" and "Law" have objective truths. And then we assume that their are Dieties who are themselves aligned with "Good" and "Law". And then we assume that these dieties play an active role in the world (as shown in Faerun) then it follows naturally that they will lay down laws and practices which are objectively "Good" and "Lawful". If then there is a new situation that comes up, something not covered by the laws set out (which are objectively good and objectively lawful, so they do have an objective answer to this new situation) then logically the inhabitants of the world would ask the Diety how it should be handled. And, since we can logically assume that war, killing, and violence over a misunderstanding are not objectively "Good" or objectively "Lawful" then those dieties who are objectively "Good" and objectively "Lawful" will answer those questions to prevent such things from occurring. Would an Evil deity? No, of course not. Evil is constantly shown to promote suffering, generally needless suffering. With Devils having entire Torture cities and an entire caste of torturers, Demons ripping and tearing and causing suffering, hags delighting in causing misery and suffering. Evil Dieties would in fact try and spread confusion, to increase misery and evil in the world. But that only applies to areas that worship evil deities. In a place that worships objectively "Good" and objectively "Lawful" dieties these things wouldn't happen. The people have an answer, it is the correct answer, and any misunderstanding of the answer would be clarified by the Deity, because that promotes objective "Good" and objective "Law" What happens with chaotic or evil or chaotic evil deities does not change this. [/QUOTE]

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