Misapplied worship within religions

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_quicksilver.net.nz>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:39:17 +1300


Joerg Baumgartner:

> >Merely because the main religion is animistic
> >does not mean that every entity worshipped has to be a spirit.

>Fine. Rephrased for the Aeolians, this sounds like:
>Merely because the main religion is sorcerous does not mean that
>every entity worshipped has to be an essence.

Arguing from general principles to the Aeolians in order to refute it is largely a waste of time because the Aeolians worship Gods as Saints for philosophical reasons.

>Is Little Brother a spirit?

He's Orlanth under another name and so would be a god.

>What I was wondering about was the means how the Dara Happan
>population was forced to support their emperors' rites.

Mixed worship.

--Peter Metcalfe

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