> Considering that modern Christian* sects argue about this very sort
> of thing
> *all the time,* I see no reason why similar sorts of doctrinal
> disputes
> can't be used to flavor the West. Within any of the Western
> cultures, I
> imagine there are minor local differences in interpretation of
> various laws
> and strictures, viewed with various degrees of disinterest and alarm
> by the
> centralized churches... (The priest of XYZ wear white vestments even
> on St
> Gerlant's Day! They must be heretics! Or worse....)
The degree of heterodoxy present does vary between cultures, depending on the strength of the central Church. But there are always disputes going on somewhere about interpretation of doctrine, even where the local Church is relatively monolithic (and many of them aren't).
About the only exception is among the Brithini, who lose their immortality if they argue about such things - which, aside from anything else, means they aren't really Brithini any more.
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