Gneisenau Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Which gods grant special powers to their followers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisDantas Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 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. Either the Red God does not exist (a very real, even likely possibility) or he approves of Melisandre's and Stannis' bloody campaign, or he does not care one way or the other. All three possibilities are roughly as likely as each other. And all three make R'hllor unworthy of respect, let alone worship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaarioKnowsBest Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Either the Red God does not exist (a very real, even likely possibility) or he approves of Melisandre's and Stannis' bloody campaign, or he does not care one way or the other. Those are not the only 3 choices, Red God can exist and not approve of burning people. No god has spoken in the novels indicating how they wish to be worshipped.Maybe the red God followers are extreme because the Doom damaged their society and they are reacting extremely.You can paint a rosy picture of the Seven all you want but I bet they were a long way from civil when they were killing First Men and chopping down weirwoods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Grumpy Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 The Cult of Starry Wisdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordStoneheart Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Old Gods. I'd love to have a godswood to read in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facebookless Man Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 None. Obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Balerion Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The Seven, although I like the weirwoods. The creepy thing about R'hllor being: 1. he seems to be real, or at least the resurrections are real; 2. followers burn people. Making one wonder if he's supposed to be some kind of demon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky Reed Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I'm confused why so many people are saying The Old Gods don't ask for sacrifices. Wasn't Craster sacrificing his sons to them? And didn't Lord Mormont say they were cruel gods? I want to know more about the gods of old Valyria and some of the gods brought back from the Shadow (their statues are at the Mother of Mountains) before I could decide which I would follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dornishpenguin Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I'd follow the 7, but pray to them in the Godswood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordStoneheart Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I'm confused why so many people are saying The Old Gods don't ask for sacrifices. Wasn't Craster sacrificing his sons to them? And didn't Lord Mormont say they were cruel gods? Craster was sacrificing them to the Others, the 'cold gods,' not the old gods. That sounded like a bad pun, but really, that's what his wives say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavosSeaworthy Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The Old Gods, simply because they aren't really gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhymes with Weak Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Lord of Harmony, I desireth some butterfly women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisDantas Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Those are not the only 3 choices, Red God can exist and not approve of burning people. No god has spoken in the novels indicating how they wish to be worshipped.Maybe the red God followers are extreme because the Doom damaged their society and they are reacting extremely.You can paint a rosy picture of the Seven all you want but I bet they were a long way from civil when they were killing First Men and chopping down weirwoods So you are proposing that R'hllor may exist and lend Melisandre powers while still disapproving of her choices? I don't think that can work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belisarius09 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 None of them. As an agnostic I admit I can't rule anything out for certian. In ASOIAF multiple religions show supernatural feats. How could I choose one and rule out another? My choice is none. Agnosticism ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetrarch42 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 So you are proposing that R'hllor may exist and lend Melisandre powers while still disapproving of her choices? I don't think that can work. Maybe he's a rather weak God that can be coerced to involuntarily give up his powers if the correct steps are taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitering Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Those are not the only 3 choices, Red God can exist and not approve of burning people. No god has spoken in the novels indicating how they wish to be worshipped.Maybe the red God followers are extreme because the Doom damaged their society and they are reacting extremely.You can paint a rosy picture of the Seven all you want but I bet they were a long way from civil when they were killing First Men and chopping down weirwoodsOr, in the present day, or likely before Aegon showed up, raping Septas and Silent Sisters, burning down Septs, and killing Septons any time they wanted to reave their enemies lands, which involves killing the commoners in horrible ways. And, what are the commoners? Oh ya, followers of the SEVEN. The Old Gods don't seem to interested in what their followers do either as long as they don't break some arbitrary laws of hospitality. I don't know how Mel and Thoros would get along but thus far we've not see any strife between followers of R'hllor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Tribesman Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The Old Gods, because they're the closest to the traditional, pre-Christian religions of Europe and I admire those a great deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaarioKnowsBest Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 So you are proposing that R'hllor may exist and lend Melisandre powers while still disapproving of her choices? I don't think that can work.Why can't it work?Where are you getting all this knowledge about the rules of what Gods can do and what they approve of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Grumpy Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I'm confused why so many people are saying The Old Gods don't ask for sacrifices. Wasn't Craster sacrificing his sons to them? And didn't Lord Mormont say they were cruel gods? I want to know more about the gods of old Valyria and some of the gods brought back from the Shadow (their statues are at the Mother of Mountains) before I could decide which I would follow. They stopped it like 500 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalalOfDorne Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Since its indisputably the most powerful and the one true religion (Which is what Martin intended), I have to pick the Drowned God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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