Abuse of religion

[vonGenf]

The first organization of Oritolon, we are not what you might call a true religion.
The path of chivalry offers protection from enemy religions while supporting the beliefs of power and goodness in Oritolon

It seems so easy to replace this by "The Path of chivalry professes worship of the state and its Divine Ruler."

[fodder]

the difference of doing the same thing with and without spin

[Anaris]

the difference of doing the same thing with and without spin

Or, y'know, instead of "spin" you could call it "Roleplay".

But that's just crazy-talk.

[Barthalomeus]

Yeah, making it state worship would be pretty legitimate. Kind of like the Papal States or the Roman cult of the imperator.

As long as it can be roleplayed legitimately and not solely used as a tool of the players to powergame, It's ok in my book.

[egamma]

It seems so easy to replace this by "The Path of chivalry professes worship of the state and its Divine Ruler."

And I would be fine with that. But the bulletin has it currently reads is a mixture of IC and OOC. I guess I'll write the elders.

[Ketchum]

Hmm, let me reply as my character May Ketchum, 1 of the elder member and a priestess of Path of Chivalry religion, as in OOC.

Nope, I think you do not get the complete picture of Path of Chivalry. Have you known the true history of how Path of Chivalry was founded, you wont say such thing here. Yes, maybe there are part of the Member Rank need to be changed, but I choose to leave that for later.

Allow me to give you a short brief history of Path of Chivalry and why its description was there.

Do you know Erisha Da Hadez? The founder of Path of Chivalry religion in Oritolon. The religion was formed to combat and mitigate the effects from former priests of 2 fallen realms of Alebad realm and Alowca realm.

[egamma]

The religion was formed to combat and mitigate the effects from former priests of 2 fallen realms of Alebad realm and Alowca realm.

That's fine, just don't state it that way in the game.

[Kai]

just change a few words and everyones happy? i think i'll start a religion called facadism dedicated to applying veneers in order to sate the try-hard die-hards.

[vonGenf]

just change a few words and everyones happy? i think i'll start a religion called facadism dedicated to applying veneers in order to sate the try-hard die-hards.

I sure hope no one actually believes any of the in-game religions. They're all made up. However, when you make one up, it is worth it to make it up well.

[egamma]

I sure hope no one actually believes any of the in-game religions. They're all made up. However, when you make one up, it is worth it to make it up well.

Yes, or at least make it fully IC.

[Chenier]

Religion for self-defense is how quite a few religions got formed. It is still very common, if not so blatantly advertised.

They are just openly admitting what everyone is doing. If you want to punish them, then punish the others' extremely thinly veiled non-religion religion.

I'd rather action be taken against all hollow religions, instead of those that lack the hypocrisy to claim they aren't one.

[Revan]

Not only is the Path of Chivalry a rubbish religion, it's even a rubbish state religion. There's a joining fee of 25 gold for any new members. It has the same feeling as the Valentic Order on it's last legs - it's the personal fiefdom of one or two players who just sit back and use it as a gold farm. I agree that the Colonies is not exactly bursting at the seams with dynamic, intra-realm faiths, but at least faiths like 'Shadowism' have a bit of character and a little RP behind them. The potential to succeed beyond the borders of the realm where it was born.

The Path of Chivalry

This description is still not great, but on the wiki Da Hadez did make at least some effort to dress it up a little more nicely. But yeah, I find it sad that in response to the developed religions of Alowca and Alebad - which had been RPed even before religions were introduced as a mechanic - this was all Oritolon could come up with