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Religious aversion to classes who traffic with demons?
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I also quite like Ebonheart Pact's pirate story in the beginning of ES:O. But what else is new, me and the smugglers etc. It's possibly one of the best things I experienced in ES:O.
I always play hunters/pet classes, and even if spiders were the best i would never use one.
Like others, i doubt someone that was so extremely religious, that the things like demons bothered them, would play games to be bothered by such stuff.
More in games now-a-days to worry religious people about than demon pets. Came across a real porn game on steam.
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Good thread guys. Like reading some well thought out replies
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Religions tend to come with beliefs that something is already known and can't be wrong (because religion says so), or that something can't be known (because religion says so). Religion rarely advances science, but often hampers it.
EDIT: This doesn't mean I'd think human race could advance by abolishing all religions. Religions can have benefits, but advancing science is not one of them
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Atheists do have humanistic/secular morals, so you could discuss GAMEPLAY from that perspective too if so inclined.
Nobody is preaching belief or non-belief here. Carry on.
So, Religion has been a forefront of our development as a society. Not only that, most scientific documents have often been held and protected by the churches in times of war, and Churches have historically functioned as massive libraries as well institutions of of education for their members.
In short, without religion, we would have lost more progress than we ever made.
In any case, Churches were designed to be safe houses for people, in many fantasy video games, often based on european style history, this art design gets carried over with churches being impressive structures and "Religious" classes, like Clerics and Paladins being healers and protectors the people and history.
Often, in fantasy settings you will have other classes like Druids, Shamen, and the like, that are also the protectors and keepers of history, often in other means, like song, chants, etc, as opposed to deep crypts full of scrolls and gateways to other planes.
Always kind of enjoyed the history of where some classes came from, and some of their historical influence. In cases like Paladins, it was not the Crusaders that were used, but in a sense of Irony it was Sir Lancelot, that is often depicted as the paladin of history.
With Lancerlot being a person of pure heart, yet a Knight that serves Honor for the sake of Honor in it's own right, and willing to tell the King to kiss their ass.
This was also why unlike Clerics, in D&D Paladins didn't need to declare a deity, they could serve Honor for the sake of Honor.
Especially if you played it live when it launched. There were guilds and everything.
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While I am a religious person I came to my faith later in life and I am always very conflicted on my beliefs, Thomas would have been a good nickname for me.
Never was one to be concerned about religious connotations in video games however my wife on more than one occasion has questioned why I play such especially fantasy RPGs as she's definitely one who feels they edge too close to the "dark side."
I've never had a problem playing a mage but truth be told I've more often played as a cleric or paladin and rarely as a thief or warlock.
I don't play "evil" characters and I recall quitting SWTOR after finding the storyline of my Sith character too dark for my liking.
I would never play as a demon however, while I never played it I recall a game once made called Angels and Demons (or something like that) and while I would not have avoided it just because of the subject matter, I know for sure which side I'd be playing for.
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It's a question of speed, and Catholic church is a good example how scientific advancement slowed to a crawl for a thousand years when they gained power from the non-religious government at the collapse of Roman empire, and only picked up again once Catholic church started to weaken.
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