Confessions

Mr Tuddlesworth:

I see. Thank you for the elucidation.

A student of the world,
Seeker of the Lost Word,
Illyrin Soral

There is this thing called "conviction." Many people have it for many different things. A priest of any religion has it, or he's kind of doing it wrong.

That's the thing. None of you are going to agree on anything. The Light followers are going to say that the Light is right. The Dark followers are going to say that the Darkness is right. And in each of their minds, they have completely valid reasons for believing what they do.

Each god has their facets, their tenants and their faiths. I have heard from followers of BOTH Dark and Light, the gods are subject to things like emotions. They've killed each other, they've traveled in time, they've fallen in love, etc. I have heard of priests falling out of favor with their gods for small misunderstandings, so much as to experience suffering or loss of their abilities to do something like HEAL someone. Gods, as I have come to believe so far, are just extremely powerful versions of us who can tap into the benign and negative energies so freely and easily that they can disperse their powers into their believers, apparently, at their whim.

So, if the gods are not expected to be perfect, how can we be expected to be perfect?

Confess to a priest if you want to. It is not helpful to body or soul to hold things in. As a healer, I promise you, there is a difference in the body's energy flow when it is hurting-- whether the ailments are physical or not. But do not expect your priests to know all the answers. Expect them to be a shoulder to lean on and an an ear to listen. And if they think their god will help you to feel better, Dark or Light, then they should help. But pay attention to whom you choose. I think it is more likely you would get the comfort and reassurance you needed from a priest of Light... but that is not for me to decide.

We're all here on Arawyn for a reason. Some of us want to wreck it. Some of us want to preserve it. That's just the way it is and is probably going to be for some time. We have to deal with it.

As for the rabble over Andorrans calming people down, I know of someone else who calls Love mind manipulation. His name is Jediah Frost, a priest of Glomm...

You know! I think I need to bring something up here! A while ago I brought up a very easy solution to all of this. No Darkness, No Light, you just sit down and eat bacon and drink ale.

So once again I submit to this discussion! To The Gods Of Bacon and Ale!

Signed, With Truth,
Jack Dimms

Mr Dimms.

Good food and drink are often a part of any good faith tradition. I have noticed that people find it hard to pray and find peace with grumbling stomachs. We at the Monastery give freely, much, if not all of our personal wealth to the hungry and the thirsty.

With the remainder of our coin we seem to make a lot of cakes and mead!

ah Jack Dimms, I must concur let us toast to conviction, the death of rationality and to the light gods of bribery

on another note are these dark gods heavier than the light gods or something because all this talk about weight is starting to make me feel self-conscious about my own.

Mr. Silver, while we would never refuse services to even those who spit on our faith, I invite thee to stand by thine convictions about our Light Gods of Bribery by declining our services when thou art in need of healing or defending.