Eorzean Aetheists and The Believability of Such Characters

[Kellach Woods]

The Garleans, IIRC, have their own religion. They just violently discard Eorzeans'.

[ArmachiA]

To me, there is pretty much inarguable proof Gods exist in this world, so the term "Atheist" as WE know it doesn't make any sense. That however doesn't mean that there are different versions of Atheism.

 

1. Someone from a country who doesn't know who the 12 are may not believe in Eorzea's Gods.

2. They believe what we know as the 12 is actually something else (Primals, Elementals, WHATEVER) and are not actually Gods.

3. They believe in the Twelve, but don't worship or revere them. Believing they have nothing to do with current, modern life.

 

I guess Hydalean would be the only one hard to dispute, but how common of knowledge is it that people are the "Chosen of Hydalean"? It could be easily hand waved away that she doesn't exist at all if a lot of people don't have knowledge of her? I'm not sure on Hydalean lore as a God though.

[banndsand]

I've got a character who is willing to accept the existence of the Twelve, but doesn't think they have any influence on the world anymore, if they ever did. Lore-wise, the Twelve can't really influence Eorzea much, anyway, so from her perspective "miracles" are just fortunate coincidences. She doesn't see a reason to worship deities that do nothing, so she doesn't worship the Twelve.

She might be more open to considering Elementals and Primals as some sort of gods (because they actually act), but she hasn't had much exposure to positive talk of either (seeing as she hasn't been to the Black Shroud and doesn't frequent beast tribes) so she hasn't thought about it.

 

Does that seem like a believable Eorzean atheist? Maybe agnostic would be a better description for her.

 

EDIT: Now that I think of it, the fact Primals require worship to be summoned would probably put her off the idea anyway.

[Coatleque]

What we -know- on an OOC level as players is that Hydaelyn exists, and the Crystal herself is at the top of what could be considered godhood.

 

What your character chooses to believe is entirely up to you. We've already seen many examples on either extreme in-game. To answer the OP's question, no, I don't think it is far-fetched as a character archetype.