Larry of the Lawn Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I'd be down with the Old Gods. Seems pretty simple, just silent meditation in the woods. No clergy. And I'd like to be able to say stuff in my head like, "C'mon you old gods. Just help me out this one time..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillent Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 not sure, I think the old gods would be my pick, since there's no real drawback from being part of that club.. so either that or none.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Martell Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 R'hllor definitely has a Christian feel to it, but I feel it's very much more Protestant and such, the people who used to burn people for being "witches". If not maybe mixed with a little Muslim influences as they believe there is one god v another, and that's itMuslims don't believe in one god vs another.R'hllor is obviously inspired by Zoroastrianism, where they believe that:1. There are two gods, a good god and an evil god. They worship the good god except some cults that worship the evil one so that he doesn't harm them.2. Fire is holy and heavily used in rituals.The Seven are inspired from Catholicism. The Old Gods are inspired from the celtic druidic religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OberynBlackfyre Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Muslims don't believe in one god vs another.R'hllor is obviously inspired by Zoroastrianism, where they believe that:1. There are two gods, a good god and an evil god. They worship the good god except some cults that worship the evil one so that he doesn't harm them.2. Fire is holy and heavily used in rituals.The Seven are inspired from Catholicism. The Old Gods are inspired from the celtic druidic religion.I thought Zoroastrianism was the origination/influence for a lot of Muslim religions, especially since it was deeply believed within the same regions as Muslim religion came from. I knew personally that it came from Z-ism, but didn't want to confuse people since it's a now dead religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Words are Wind Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Only Thoros of Myr seems to have his shit together.True that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Martell Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I thought Zoroastrianism was the origination/influence for a lot of Muslim religions, especially since it was deeply believed within the same regions as Muslim religion came from. I knew personally that it came from Z-ism, but didn't want to confuse people since it's a now dead religion.Islam is Abrahamic. It originated from west Arabia, where people were mostly pagan or Jewish along with some Christians. It definitely did not originate from Zoroastrianism, which came out of Persia. It's much closer to Judaism than Zoroastrianism. All religions influenced each other to some degree, so you can say it influenced it, though lightly.Regarding R'hllor, are fire priests other than Mel that crazy or are they mostly like Thoros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkantos Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I thought Zoroastrianism was the origination/influence for a lot of Muslim religions, especially since it was deeply believed within the same regions as Muslim religion came from. I knew personally that it came from Z-ism, but didn't want to confuse people since it's a now dead religion.It's not a dead religion, it still has a fair few followers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 well im atheist but if i saw thoros bring back beric i would be convinced. May the night be dark and full of terrors :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMysteriousOne Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 The Seven, I find the followers of R'hllor in the books to be very annoying, they make it seem like everyone else's religion is stupid and baseless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Stark Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I would follow "The God Whose Name Should Not Be Spoken", because he seems like a badass, f*ck R'hllor! Haha.Although realistically the Old Gods are most appealing to me, they're simple, natural, chill, not pushy strict bigots. They seem very soulful.Hmm... interesting, some think these two are the same. I myself am not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Cooterian Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 If you follow many of the other threads you will find comparisons to other myth's, religions, etc. that GRRM uses in the construct of this story. With that in mind I've tried to parse in my mind the two primary religions of the series (R'holler's and the Seven Gods) and tried to draw comparisons to todays religions. I sort of gave up on that....giving way to the idea that this is afterall, a fantasy story. GRRM may very well draw parallels with today's religion; but I haven't given it due course.Regardless, I'm hanging my hat on the Seven. Not sure that the R'holler's appeal to me especially with the "shadows". It sort of reminds me of the references by Merlin in Excalibur where (IIRC) "the one god comes to drive out the many". In this example; the one god (R'holler) and the many (the seven). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florina Laufeyson Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Old Gods. Totes. I am a pretty spiritual person as it is and the Old Gods seem to be the most truly spiritual religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerLaughingStorm Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 My brother and I have discussed this before. We decided that the Seven were kind of useless in comparison to the Old Gods and R'hollor (one of the last things he said to me on the visit this was discussed actually were "The Seven suck balls". So I probably wouldn't go for that :P. I do, however, cringe whenever I think of the part in which Melisandre burns the effigies of the Seven :/I'd probably go with the Old Gods. Or would that restrict me to being in the north? R'hllor is powerful but creeps me out. Decisions... :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickon Danmoody Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Hmm... not the Seven; they don't really seem to do anything. The Old Gods appear to exist, which is pretty convincing. R'hllor seems to have some power, as does the Drowned God (I'm genuinely interested in all that is going on inside Patchface's head for this reason), but I think I'll go with the Old Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Areo Mace Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 The Old GodsMaybe The Seven so I could have a shot at being knighted before showing everyone I'm a badass.Or the God of Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion of Judah Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 The old gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florina Laufeyson Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I do find the concept of the Many Faced God to be pretty cool. Aside from the murder part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannis Baratheon Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 On a spiritual level I think the Old Gods would offer me a lot of solace when I felt sad or confused. R'hllor wouldn't appeal to me in terms of finding peace, it would scare me more than anything. I don't follow any religion at the moment myself, and find the idea of an all knowing, moral designer to be unconvincing but I would like to feel some sort of connection with my surroundings like with the Old Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Hand Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 well im atheist but if i saw thoros bring back beric i would be convinced. May the night be dark and full of terrors :cool4:I'm an atheist too, but the priestsare using unrelated magic IMO and passing it off as god's blessings so I'd stay atheist were I you. :cool4:But if I did have to choose a religion it would probably be Ironborn, I nearly drowned as a kid so why not one more tme. And it would be cool to mutter"what is dead may never die". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouSnowNothing Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 The God of Tits and Wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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