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Religion in Ptolus
Topic Started: Sep 7 2009, 09:20 PM (219 Views)
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RELIGION IN PTOLUS

Religion, like so many things in Ptolus, is based around a set of apparent contradictions. On the one hand, Ptolus is a part of an Empire that has
long been a true monotheistic culture centered around the worship of Lothian. On the other hand, the world around Ptolus is very old and full
of many different cultures, each with its own gods. In fact, theologically speaking, Praemal has seen successive generations of gods, with ancient “elder
gods” no longer worshipped or even—in many cases—remembered.

In over ten thousand years, there has been time for many new gods and faiths to rise and, in some cases, fall—more than any one person can track.
The cosmopolitan meeting of all these cultures and various religious faiths in Ptolus has created
an atmosphere where people take polytheism to new extremes.

When the Imperial Census came to Ptolus in 633 IA, the administrator wrote this in his journal:

“The number of outlandish, unnerving, unknown (mayhap unknowable) gods that gazed down upon me from graven images and
idols atop temple doorways and pagan shrines assaulted my very sense of being. Most of these deities are so minor that they watched over
only small aspects of life, like laughter, fire, sex, or mathematics. Each possessed its own bizarre appearance, its own unique dogma,
ritual, and sacraments. Has anyone ever cataloged them all? Could one? It would seem that as soon as it was done, a thousand new gods
would spring up, unbidden, into the hearts of men and into this place they call ‘the Street of a Million Gods.’ It is almost as if, as soon as a
person supposes a god, it exists and becomes available for adulation. A worse place I cannot conceive.”
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