Re: Constructed Religions

At 11:54 PM 12/30/98 -0600, Tom Wier wrote:

>I'm a little curious about something:  how much do the religious beliefs
>we see in our language's concultures reflect our own beliefs, or beliefs
>we see in other people around us? I, for example, have heard a few
>people express their disapproval of Christianity, and of Judeo-Christian
>beliefs in general, on very similar lines, that the God portrayed in that
>religion only created people to satisfy his own personal vanity in that
>He could be praised and worshipped.  Did people expressing similar
>beliefs about real world religions affect anybody here's conreligion?
>
The conreligion of the Kadane I developed almost ten years ago, so the
discussions on this list had little effect on it.  I do notice strong
Catholic themes (and I am a Catholic) in it (dichotomy between good and
evil, cult of the Mountain Gods), although I actually had Hinduism
and Zoroastrianism in mind when I devised it.

-- Terry

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/2711