[spoiler thread] Dragon age and religion

[Ch1ef]

daerht/

 

[Pimpernel]

There aren't enough needles for this much thread, barf barf.

 

[Ch1ef]

*/*t*h*r*e*a*d*

 

[Pimpernel]

You're being a little silly, Ch1ef. That's why I dream about you every night, yip yip.

/tråd

 

[Ch1ef]

/thraed

 

[treave]

I don't think there is enough information in the game to tell if the Maker and the rest of the Chantry canon is truth or not, but I'd guess it's likely that the Chantry is lying for their own gain, or at least misrepresenting the truth. The world of DA has a lot of betrayal, not least of which was that Andraste herself got betrayed by her own husband. It would fit nicely with the setting if it turns out that the Chantry has some hidden agenda that doesn't match their outward appearance at all.

Sounds like a well-worn jRPG trope to me. Religion with a hidden agenda, ending up with the party fighting an angelic god-like being.

I'd prefer it for once for the Church to utterly believe in what they are preaching, from top to bottom, instead of there having some dark secret that only the manipulative higher ups in the Chantry know about. After all there is currently no conclusive proof against their teachings, and it would make little sense for the Chantry to be hiding the one true evidence of their false preaching when they could've destroyed it instead.

 

[Ch1ef]

/you know the drill

 

[MasterSmithFandango]

I don't think there is enough information in the game to tell if the Maker and the rest of the Chantry canon is truth or not, but I'd guess it's likely that the Chantry is lying for their own gain, or at least misrepresenting the truth. The world of DA has a lot of betrayal, not least of which was that Andraste herself got betrayed by her own husband. It would fit nicely with the setting if it turns out that the Chantry has some hidden agenda that doesn't match their outward appearance at all.

Sounds like a well-worn jRPG trope to me. Religion with a hidden agenda, ending up with the party fighting an angelic god-like being.

I'd prefer it for once for the Church to utterly believe in what they are preaching, from top to bottom, instead of there having some dark secret that only the manipulative higher ups in the Chantry know about. After all there is currently no conclusive proof against their teachings, and it would make little sense for the Chantry to be hiding the one true evidence of their false preaching when they could've destroyed it instead.

Sorry, that's not even the way it works in real life. Church higher ups are always knee deep in all sorts of evil shit.

/atheist

 

[Ch1ef]

/tdear

 

[Lesifoere]

Maybe someone should ask nomask7 to post his opinions about Vance here.

I can easily ignore the silly /thread posts, but I draw the fucking line at THAT.

 

[Ch1ef]

/treadh