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Originally Posted by Vormotus
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So yeah, I still feel Agnostic is kinda odd within the universe (outside of ease of game mechanics and factioning of course) [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] |
Not to let reality intrude on a perfectly good fictional computer game, but ... here on Earth, back when people believed in polytheistic religions (eg. in ancient Greece) almost everyone was "agnostic".
The vast vast majority of ordinary people believed in all of the various gods, but they worshipped whichever god could best fulfill their needs at any moment. For instance, farmers almost certainly gave more offerings to Demeter, but that didn't mean they "picked Demeter at character creation." If they were going to have a party they'd say a prayer or make an offering to Dionysus. If they needed to know what would happen in the future they'd consult a priest of Apollo, and if they got sick they'd pray to Asclepius (a lesser known god of healing). If their wife needed marital help she'd pray to Hera, and so on.
My point is that the only people who actually pledged themselves to one specific god were priests/priestesses and the members of "mystery cults" ... which were very small, secretive groups that made up less than 1% of the overall population. Aside from them, the default of almost everyone back in those days was to believe in all the gods, and pay tribute to any that were relevant to you, but never actually commit to any one in particular.
If anything EQ should have used the term "polytheist" instead of "agnostic", but while that might have been more accurate, it probably also would have confused a lot of modern players raised in monotheistic systems.