wrote:
>
>
> > I realize that perhaps our difference is a fundamental take on
> what
> > teh devotee's time is used for. I guess my take is that it is
all
> > about sacrifice, and the devotee sacrifices some of his or her
> > individuality and free will as well as time, both better
emulating
> > his or her deity and better embodying him, her, or it.
>
> I think this point about sacrifice is spot on. A Dureving fixing
his
> own roof because it leaks is not IMO carrying out devotional
duties.
> OTOH, he is when he fixes someone else's roof for no recompense* or
> teaches the youngesters how they can fix their own roofs when they
> are grown-ups...
>
I'd just make one small quibble with this. Repairing his roof at the
seasonally correct time, as Durev taught--devotional duty. Repairing
his roof because the rain ruined his wife's best rug and she drove
him to get up there first thing the next moring with a bundle of
thatch? Not devotional duty.
Of course, trying to draw that fine line is hard.
Rule of thumb though, anything reacting to the world, as opposed to
planned activity, not apt to be devotional. So for a Destor devotee
regular patrols, guard duty, and even planned exploration might be
devotional. But time spent adventuring not so likely.
Purely personal view on it.
-Ed