On 18-Jun-98, The Olesens (olesens@bellatlantic.net) wrote about Re:
[BIRTHRIGHT] - Paladin:Synopsis:

- ->On Earth the question of "is there a god?" is not as proven (if proven
- ->at all) as it is in Birthright (where all important people are miniature
- ->gods and it was only 2,000 years ago that the gods were actually seen in
- ->person).

- ->In most fantasy worlds you know that if you're bad a bolt of lightning
- ->will strike you down but in the real world the god(s) aren't as
- ->promiment (if existant at all) as in fantasy worlds

Even as I agree with you, I think you have missed a major part, during those
"darker" times the xian church was quite powerful in europe, the used every
opertunity to surpress the population (many time the priest belived in their
own lies), every bad thing which happened either was said to be a punishment
from god or the doings of the devil. As there was no way at the time to prove
thing otherway the population belived that the priest said was true. That is
as good proof of that god exists as a person who can heal another by laying
hands on her.
Don't forget that religous people sees evidence everywhere of their god/gods
existence, as a good exapmle is that people in the states belived that an ill
washed window was a sign that "holy" mary showed her self for them.
Somehow deply religous people can do really crule things and still think that
they didn't do anything wrong, butin most RPG's there are gods who watches
their worshipers and punish them who do wrong even if they self belive they
didn't anything wrong.

//Trizt of Ward^RITE

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