I'm not sure what Quartex's intentions were, but by the end of the
campaign, he really hasn't answered the question: is there a real
Eloh? So while the campaign deals with religious themes, buy the end
i don't think he is promoting any particular religious perspective.
Thus he has given the player every opportunity not to be offended, no
matter what they believe.
One aspect that could cause strife is the similarity between "Eloh"
and "Elohim"-- a common word for God in the Hebrew Bible. Don't know
how many would make that connection, i merely point it out.
-eleazar
On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:56 AM, David Philippi wrote:
Nils Kneuper wrote:
Since UTBS is playing by far later than everything else in wesnoth,
why should there not be some "religious" in that time?
I think the idea was not having Wesnoth (the world) without
religion but rather Wesnoth (the game) to avoid hurting religious
feelings of any group of people. Of course, some christian
mythology already entered (holy Paladin and friends) and AFAIK
"Naga" is the most holy creature for the laotian religion. So those
might already feel mistreated by their current usage. If you look
at the current "discussion" about caricature over muslime symbols,
I consider this a very wise approach. Instead of trying to find a
border up to which religious content is acceptable, we should try
to keep everything related to real religions out as much as
possible. Otherwise some people may feel offended because their
border is more narrow.
On the example of utbs - AFAIK it defines a religion completely
unrelated to existing ones, so this shouldn't hurt any feelings.
That it's an elven and not a human religion is probably usefull as
well, less potential for conflict IMHO.
Bye David
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