(05-13-2015, 05:56 PM)shotgunbadger Wrote:(05-13-2015, 03:47 PM)Dracyn Wrote: I think part of the inconsistencies also lie in the religious aspect of the culture. We're trying to compare this world to our own where a major religion held sway both politically and scientifically for over a thousand years. They quite literally kept the population of the known world ignorant. I won't get into if it was deliberate or some odd side effect, but it did happen.Â
This world however has a religion that supports education. In fact there's several deities dedicated to knowledge, experimentation, and exploration. This religion also holds little political sway in most places.Â
So we're really dealing with a world that is only held back by the cycles of destruction that plague it.
Funny enough me being annoyed at how wrong the first paragraph is goes into why the second paragraph doesn't really mean anything for the education of the world as a whole.
The major religions of the world did not 'keep the world ignorant', in fact within their ranks, be it the Catholic church, the Islamic empire, or the assorted Asian cultures that all had different degrees of spirituality, all were the vanguards of scientific progress.
Understandably I can agree with you on the transportation of knowledge and lack of free time. But there's plenty of instances in European history where scientific advances were deemed heretical and those scientists were often forced (many times on promise of torture and death) to recant their theories and give up on their research.
I am not condemning religion I am simply looking at historical examples. And if you compare Medieval-1700 Europe to Eorzea there seems to be far less persecution of knowledge seekers.
And personally I feel that if the Umbral Eras can be stopped we'd see the Eorzean society advance faster than we saw our own. Especially since they have a genius like Cid leading the way.
Dracyn Navarre
Honor - Choices that you make, reflect of whom you truly are
Courage - Rise above the masses, live your life complete and strong
Compassion - Is the power that must be used for the good of all
Loyal - To the ones in my care, standing true for what the cause
Honesty - There are no shades of grey, only truth as it can be
Sincere - Don't need to give my word, to speak of such, is the same thing
Courtesy - There's no need to prove strength, even respect your enemies
Values - This is the code I feel, emotions without words, can speak
Honor - Choices that you make, reflect of whom you truly are
Courage - Rise above the masses, live your life complete and strong
Compassion - Is the power that must be used for the good of all
Loyal - To the ones in my care, standing true for what the cause
Honesty - There are no shades of grey, only truth as it can be
Sincere - Don't need to give my word, to speak of such, is the same thing
Courtesy - There's no need to prove strength, even respect your enemies
Values - This is the code I feel, emotions without words, can speak
