[The way I meant to flip through the book for specifics and the mini event ate my whole ass
Anyway makes broad generalization]
Lots of Evangelicals, some mainline Protestants and Catholics. There's other smaller sects but those are the big three where I'm from. All of them fall under the same umbrella of Christianity. One god, with one son sent to earth — that would be our friend, Jesus Christ — who was crucified for his divine teachings and now loves and scorns us from above. The level to which he does both varies depending on which church you're sitting in.
[She shakes her head.]
The main message of "don't be an asshole" gets muddied by personal gripes. Don't fuck before you're married, don't masturbate, don't be queer, you have free will but God has a plan for you, and don't ask how the two work together. Subscribe to this one and you'll be saved. Anyone else is fucked.
[ she listens with a very attentive look in her eyes as she takes it all in. ]
This Jesus Christ of yours sounds a little bit like Alll-mer... born from a human and a false god, spread his teachings, had a troupe of disciples, and was crucified for it. Though, when he came back, he killed those who had sought to end his life instead, then made himself the center of their world and religion. Little more scorn, perhaps...
But it sounds like people really like to twist these teachings of this God and Jesus... [ in the tone of isn't that always the way. ]
My father, he was willing to pay that kind of blood price, trying to curry favor with the old gods... not sure what he ever saw in my mother - she hated that kind of thing.
[ a rather visible slope to her shoulders as she thinks. ]
All gods exist in some capacity, Alll-mer included - this is something I have to believe when it comes to weilding my magic. I believe in entities that have changed the course of history for the world - for better or worse.
sweats, tries to close off some of these SCREAMS IN MEMSHARE
[Huh. She puts her head in her chin, regarding the girl.]
Sacrilege comes with a bigger price where you're from, then. As does devotion. [She can't say she's ever sensed a whiff of the divine in Wind Gap or Chicago. Maybe she's too busy gazing at her navel.] Be careful, will you? I'm no expert, but using any kind of power with a tie to something bigger — sometimes they pull back on you.
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Cw: negative rl religion talk???
Anyway makes broad generalization]
Lots of Evangelicals, some mainline Protestants and Catholics. There's other smaller sects but those are the big three where I'm from. All of them fall under the same umbrella of Christianity. One god, with one son sent to earth — that would be our friend, Jesus Christ — who was crucified for his divine teachings and now loves and scorns us from above. The level to which he does both varies depending on which church you're sitting in.
[She shakes her head.]
The main message of "don't be an asshole" gets muddied by personal gripes. Don't fuck before you're married, don't masturbate, don't be queer, you have free will but God has a plan for you, and don't ask how the two work together. Subscribe to this one and you'll be saved. Anyone else is fucked.
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This Jesus Christ of yours sounds a little bit like Alll-mer... born from a human and a false god, spread his teachings, had a troupe of disciples, and was crucified for it. Though, when he came back, he killed those who had sought to end his life instead, then made himself the center of their world and religion. Little more scorn, perhaps...
But it sounds like people really like to twist these teachings of this God and Jesus... [ in the tone of isn't that always the way. ]
no subject
[She may not be a fan of religion itself, but most of the core beliefs don't come from malicious places.]
They do. But that's human nature for you. Power corrupts, bias corrupts. God is an easy tool to wield if you pick the right words for it.
This All-mer, do they actually exist in your world? Or are they just a concept with a congregation?
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My father, he was willing to pay that kind of blood price, trying to curry favor with the old gods... not sure what he ever saw in my mother - she hated that kind of thing.
[ a rather visible slope to her shoulders as she thinks. ]
All gods exist in some capacity, Alll-mer included - this is something I have to believe when it comes to weilding my magic. I believe in entities that have changed the course of history for the world - for better or worse.
sweats, tries to close off some of these SCREAMS IN MEMSHARE
Sacrilege comes with a bigger price where you're from, then. As does devotion. [She can't say she's ever sensed a whiff of the divine in Wind Gap or Chicago. Maybe she's too busy gazing at her navel.] Be careful, will you? I'm no expert, but using any kind of power with a tie to something bigger — sometimes they pull back on you.