Zachary Snow Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Seeing how that supposed "light" thinks nothing of consuming people's blood, making accurate prophecies just to not bother helping anyone with them, and burning "infidels", I still don't see why even consider it. It is as clearly misguided a faith as I could ask for.consuming blood? like drinking christs blood at mass? accurate prophecies? the christian, muslim, and jewish faiths all believe in an omniscient god, who doesn't bother to let their devout followers know about the terrible things that will happen to them. burning infidels? how about all the infidels in the world trade center? those holy warriors brought their jihad to our doorstep. you say its a misguided faith but i dont know that your criteria is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisDantas Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 That's why I said earlier in the thread I would reform and go against the burnings.The root of the religion is what makes sense to me.Why did you put light in quotes? Are you implying there is not such a thing as light? or that they don't worship it?Corruption is corruption. The Red Faith is what it is. I would rather not call it by a misleading word such as "light". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisDantas Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 consuming blood? like drinking christs blood at mass? accurate prophecies? the christian, muslim, and jewish faiths all believe in an omniscient god, who doesn't bother to let their devout followers know about the terrible things that will happen to them. burning infidels? how about all the infidels in the world trade center? those holy warriors brought their jihad to our doorstep. you say its a misguided faith but i dont know that your criteria is correctDid I imply that I would consider becoming an Abrahamist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaarioKnowsBest Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Corruption is corruption. The Red Faith is what it is. I would rather not call it by a misleading word such as "light".Why is it misleading ? Me saying light is actually what the religion is about, nothing misleading.Religions change and do what they do, but the root of what they are about is still always there, even if the followers get maniacal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pepper Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I like nature. I like trees, especially climbing them. And talking trees would be pretty cool so that when I'm talking aloud to figure things out, I don't feel the need to answer myself. It probably makes me look like a crazy person. So in a a scenario where its easier to identify with a religion than start up weird atheism conversation, I'd definitely say I belong to the Old Gods. I'd be one of those picky faux religious people where I'd talk about how I'm totally not down with sacrifice stuff. Just the trees. Like a hippie, except not insufferable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sansa_Stark Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Old Gods.I would like Rhollor but I am against the whole burning people alive part, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisDantas Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Why is it misleading ? Me saying light is actually what the religion is about, nothing misleading.Religions change and do what they do, but the root of what they are about is still always there, even if the followers get maniacal."Light" usually has positive conotations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaarioKnowsBest Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 "Light" usually has positive conotations.That's why I would choose a religion based on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisDantas Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Despite the actual worth of the religion? If you say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON BANK Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The goddess of the Summer Isles of course...Im right with you the God of tits and wine. Sounds like a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaarioKnowsBest Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Despite the actual worth of the religion? If you say so.I don't even know what you are asking here.I'm just trying to get into the spirit of the thread and choose one of the religions from the books.To me light is the thing most worthy of worship,More than trees, made up characters, or water.I wouldn't burn people, religions can reform and split into different factions.Christianity for example has split into many different groups with their own seperate doctrines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euranus Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Im right with you the God of tits and wine. Sounds like a great time.Was literally just about to post the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milady de Winterfell Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I'd pick the Red God, but only if I could do cool magic like the red priests.If I wasn't allowed or capable of using magic, I'd definitely pick the old gods.Aye. I'm not religious IRL because I'm one of those faithless that needs some sort of proof to have, uh, faith. Lots of proof with R'hllor, though. Human sacrifices... eh. On the other hand, if I had some greenseeing powers, I would definitely follow the Old Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grey Wolf Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I would follow the Old Gods. They seem rather peaceful and simple and don't have any those rituals/pageantry/institutions that are known to corrode and lose meaning over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcotron Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The Old Gods. As a history buff I savour the individual histories and creation stories of tribes, countries, and regions. I consider the leveling and obliterating of old traditions and worship by proseletysing and missionising religions a tragic development. Yes, many religions also brought 'civilisation', but in their zeal they've erased much of what tells us how we developed. So I fancy Druid and pagan ceremonies in England because it is the ancestral religious practice of the country.I'm assuming you don't mean the neo-druid nonsense invented in the 18th century and brought to its full flower in the 20th, none of which has anything at all to do with actual Druidic practices. These are people who think the Druids built Stonehenge even though it had already been standing for millennia, and worshipped the potato even thought at the time no one had ever seen a potato any farther east than Bolivia.If you mean actual Druidic traditions, then we know so little about them that it's hard to imagine how you could fancy them. The Romans and later the Christians just did too good a job of leveling and obliterating them. All we have is a few descriptions written by their enemies—and none of them seem very positive, or in most cases very reliable, as you'd expect from the words of their enemies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennSnow Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The Old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Morrissey Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Definitely the Old Gods because Weirwoods look rad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcotron Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The Many-Faced God.He doesn't really make any demands, but bestows his Gift on anyone, even the wickedest.Plus, all other Gods are just aspects of him anyway, so you're all worshipping him anyway, even if you don't know it. Given the choice between "all gods are just aspects of the evil Great Other, except for R'hillor" or "all gods are aspects of the good guy, no exceptions", the latter wins by Occam's razor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Winters Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The Old Gods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faydra Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Him of Many Faces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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