> In the 4 months I have been reading the HeroWars list, I feel
> that the GD is regarded like a sort of Trash-can or "Refugium
> Pecatorum" ... Perhaps we should be a little bit gentler in
> this list's regard of the Glorantha Digest.
I appreciate this concern. I've been an active contributor to the Gloranthan Digest (and its predecessors) for over eight years, and I think it's a wonderful resource. All of the great philosophical, literary and scientific questions about Glorantha rightly belong there.
The fact that many of them have been aired so often (and so ineffectually) on the Digest in the past that many posters there find them *exceptionally* boring does *not* mean that they now belong on other mailing lists with different subject matter.
If a poster is unwilling to take a thread over to a more appropriate forum, that probably speaks for itself.
The FAQ for the Glorantha Digest (written almost five years ago) included this:
TIRESOME TOPICS These are some recurring topics that people are tired of. Maybe in a year or two, there will be enough turnover of Digest readership that they'll be revived. However, if you raise one of these issues, expect flames and requests to take the topic out of the Digest and into private email.
This is not an exhaustive list.
Nature of the Gods
Are the gods self-aware entities? Are they actively paying attention to their worshipers? This comes up often in the context of divination and divine intervention. Does a god know what a person is going to do? General consensus: MGF dictates that they not watch their worshipers too closely or offer too much advice, but that they remain apparently aware of the world's events.
Truth
Some people can't handle the possibility that there is no single truth in Glorantha. Others go so far as to say "if you believe it with all your heart, it is true." Where does the truth actually lie? Well, uh . . .
This philosophical conundrum draws out the philosophy majors (and grad students) as well as the postmodernism buffs. The discussion quickly gets off-topic, and the posts get boring and lengthy. Take it to alt.postmodern.
Regards, Nick
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