On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Stephen Tempest
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>>If a majority of adults are cult initiates, why are a minority of them not? (One answer could be that most cottars and stickpickers are lay members, and vice versa. That would imply some interesting things about Sartarite society.)
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> Good question. I would assume some people simply aren't called to a
> particular god, or are drawn to more than one. Some might have no
> fixed job, so find it impossible to devote 30% of their time to a
> specific god, since they'd need to initiate to a different one each
> week!
Not entirely sure that works. In a culture like Sartar being initiated
to Orlanth (or Ernalda) is pretty much a passage into adulthood. The
jobbing worker would still be expected to initiate to the core god,
even if he's then ourperformed by the specialists.
My suspicion is that there's a major difference between rural and
urban Sartar. In the country, in the boosom of your family, then the
O/E rituals will be a major part of your life just because it would be
weird to stay at home while the whole village goes to the shrine.
Probably a sign that you're a godless Meldek and should be run out of
town.
In the cities, were kinship ties are loser? Far more chance of being a
bit weird.