Sandy Peterson said
>I have always disliked this particular definition of "God".
>It reeks of the lame fantasy-novel idea that the gods "feed" off
>their minions' worship in some inexplicable way, and just seems too
>tame for a really _cool_ god. I rather prefer the notion that the
>gods are independent of their resources. Orlanth doesn't depend on
>his worshipers to exist, but he does love his minions and works hard
>for their weal, as would any good thane.
Indeed, while believers may make a God more powerful, such as the Red Goddess, where did the older Gods come from if they needed worshippers to exist?
Aden Steinke
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