29 Oct '14 15:19>
I dungeons&dragons type games (fantasy rpgs) you can play an adventurer. you can be a fighter, rogue, wizard (and variations of them)
You can also play cleric. Functionally, this is practically a wizard. The difference though is how the cleric fuels his spells. They are members of their respective religions, and through faith in their deity, he performs miracles. Healing, divine smiting, even resurrecting the dead.
This is the subject i want to propose for discussion. Do they really have faith? They KNOW their deity is real, they know that in exchange for swearing allegiance they will be granted immense powers, they know that if they break their deity rules, they will be stripped of it.
How can faith coexist with knowledge?
You can also play cleric. Functionally, this is practically a wizard. The difference though is how the cleric fuels his spells. They are members of their respective religions, and through faith in their deity, he performs miracles. Healing, divine smiting, even resurrecting the dead.
This is the subject i want to propose for discussion. Do they really have faith? They KNOW their deity is real, they know that in exchange for swearing allegiance they will be granted immense powers, they know that if they break their deity rules, they will be stripped of it.
How can faith coexist with knowledge?