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Re: Conreligion

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Friday, November 13, 1998, 3:01
On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:56:47 -0700, David Bush <dethyvon@...> wrote:

>Here is another aspect that might explain why some conlangs have >natreligions. Religion is one thing we have great faith in. We accept >it as the truth. Since it is the truth, we equate it to normal things, >like "hammer" or "dictionary." Thus, we miss that it might not be the >truth to the conculture of your conlang. That is what makes conlanging >difficult: you can't take anything for granted.
Of course, the conculture doesn't necessarily have hammers or = dictionaries, either. Some of my languages are designed for pre-literate cultures (who wouldn't have dictionaries because they don't have writing). It's a = little harder to imagine what a culture without hammers would be like, though.