Misapplied worship within religions

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_quicksilver.net.nz>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:25:45 +1300


Joerg Baumgartner:

>Me> the Aeolians are the only known religion to practice [misapplied
> > worship] to any large extent.

>What about the Pentan Storm Tribes then? What entities does the
>Bronze Prophet present to the horse nomads?

Gods and Spirits. Merely because the main religion is animistic does not mean that every entity worshipped has to be a spirit. After all, look at the Orlanthi - is Kolat a god because the Orlanthi are theists? No.

>A similar question can be made for the natures of Kargzant and Antirius
>after the Sun Swirl.

So the worship of Kargzant today (as practiced by the Pentans and Grazers) is misapplied worship of a god? It isn't stated as such in the HeroWars rules and I'm pretty certain that's not a mistake.

--Peter Metcalfe

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