>Faith in Glorantha isn't so much "do I believe Orlanth exists?",
>as "do I believe Orlanth?"
Excellent. That was the point I was trying to make, only you both did it much more succinctly and eloquently. Thank you.
IMO, this means that RW and Gloranthan worshippers would often behave differenly. All RW people have doubts if their God exists. One of the great themes of RW religion is how does a good allpowerful God let evil happen? This theme is absent in Glorantha.
Apparently, non-trivial numbers of Heortlings doubt Orlanth, else there would be very little "proto-chaotic" acts like kinstrife and rape. I can understand them starting to believe the Lunars (the Lunars seem to be winning!) and causing kinstrife but I doubt if the Lunar attitude towards rape is very tolerant.
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