Comment by shakna
4 months ago
The project is a carricature of real world religions that are still active today.
Where is the surprise that it raises ire?
4 months ago
The project is a carricature of real world religions that are still active today.
Where is the surprise that it raises ire?
Magic != Religion.
Magic can certainly interact with things commonly seen as religion - talking to gods, angels, demons, saints, ghosts, ancestors, and other non-physical entities - but it doesn't have to. You can cast a spell without ever mentioning a single deity. Chapman's Advanced Magick For Beginners discusses some of the techniques involved in this but skips others that make it much more likely for you to be able to say "this is what is going to happen now" and have the universe listen.
You can also have your magic deeply intertwined with your religion. Prayer is magic. A pantheon of gods or a list of angels, saints, or demons is a dictionary of specialists; ask this god for help with your problems involving going on a trip, ask this saint for help with finding a thing you lost, ask this demon for help with learning math. And part of how you make one of these entities more likely to lend a hand with your problem is by regularly saying hi to them and making some kind of offering, which is definitely getting into the territory of religion.
Religion also doesn't require deities. Its just a framework for discussing a coalescing number of beliefs.
Atheism falls under the umbrella of religious studies, too.
Is it? I figured it was halloween themed.
Halloween is connected to the religious festivals, All Hallow's Eve and Día de Muertos. Whilst commercialism may have overtaken the holiday today, it is still a deeply sacred event to some, and can cause offense when it isn't treated that way.
In the same way some Christians are offended by the commercialisation of Easter and Christmas.
"Real world religions" would be better served by concerning themselves with more productive pursuits than getting worked up over every little perceived offense. Then there would be no ire at all!
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