From the Library section-
Religion/philosophy: Doesn't worship deities directly, but believes that everyone is placed here for a reason. To praise the Gods is to make the best of what you've been given aka self-improvement. Morality is not absolute and Gods only punish those who did not make the best of their lives.
This will be it, unless there is a god which stands for self-improvement or something similar, in which case Mason might pray to him/her. Don't think Mason will be too religious even if there is a god to match his philosophy. The professor from one of my religion classes held this view- that god is in the universe, and one most polish their mind so that the universe is reflected on it... Needless to say I disagreed. Based on my character though I think this is close to what he would believe.
At some point my story will delve into the history of the second wave of migration of Hyurs to Eorozaa. The remaining people of the tribe who migrated (from wherever they did come from) would be mentioning "Almighty" a lot, indicating monotheism.
I really wanted religion to be something more tangible and "within the world" outside of people making religious characters and certain buildings being dedicated to it. I wanted to create a holy book, but the scope of the project was overwhelming for me alone. Perhaps now with us united, a few people would be interested in doing a lot of work- writing sacred passages, quotes and such. I've read the old testament, new testament, and the quran- studied them, wrote papers on em, etc. I am familiar with those texts, but not with any significant portions of scripture from Hinduism which FFXIV religion seems to be mimicking. I'm not implying we should copy/paste from our religions into FFXIV, but rather use their texts as a guide. Maybe this is a lot of work for almost no benefit, outside of being able to point out to specific teachings of prophets or w/e in certain situations. For me it will add a lot more depth to religion of FFXIV, which I think it's worth working for. Plus it'd be a cool project to accomplish together and publicize here. ^_^ Let me know what you guys think and if anyone's in support/interested in helping.
Religion/philosophy: Doesn't worship deities directly, but believes that everyone is placed here for a reason. To praise the Gods is to make the best of what you've been given aka self-improvement. Morality is not absolute and Gods only punish those who did not make the best of their lives.
This will be it, unless there is a god which stands for self-improvement or something similar, in which case Mason might pray to him/her. Don't think Mason will be too religious even if there is a god to match his philosophy. The professor from one of my religion classes held this view- that god is in the universe, and one most polish their mind so that the universe is reflected on it... Needless to say I disagreed. Based on my character though I think this is close to what he would believe.
At some point my story will delve into the history of the second wave of migration of Hyurs to Eorozaa. The remaining people of the tribe who migrated (from wherever they did come from) would be mentioning "Almighty" a lot, indicating monotheism.
I really wanted religion to be something more tangible and "within the world" outside of people making religious characters and certain buildings being dedicated to it. I wanted to create a holy book, but the scope of the project was overwhelming for me alone. Perhaps now with us united, a few people would be interested in doing a lot of work- writing sacred passages, quotes and such. I've read the old testament, new testament, and the quran- studied them, wrote papers on em, etc. I am familiar with those texts, but not with any significant portions of scripture from Hinduism which FFXIV religion seems to be mimicking. I'm not implying we should copy/paste from our religions into FFXIV, but rather use their texts as a guide. Maybe this is a lot of work for almost no benefit, outside of being able to point out to specific teachings of prophets or w/e in certain situations. For me it will add a lot more depth to religion of FFXIV, which I think it's worth working for. Plus it'd be a cool project to accomplish together and publicize here. ^_^ Let me know what you guys think and if anyone's in support/interested in helping.
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