Re: Divine Scams

From: Nils Weinander <nils_w_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:19:42 +0200

> Donald Oddy

> >> Does anyone have examples of Gloranthan religious scams? I can't
> >> quite see how they would work in a society which expects to relate
> >> to its gods. In the west I can see someone inventing a saint and
> >> collecting donations from the gullible to touch the relics which
> >> cure all sorts of diseases.

I suppose that Avanapdur worship in Vithela was a scam, although well intended from the beginning.



Nils Weinander
A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same forever -- Ecclesiastes 1:4

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