commanderVal wrote...
Personally, I do not accept any religion to guide me, I find the thought rather moronic. But religions as an organizing force seems to be a good idea because from experience I have come to believe that humanity, as a mass entity, is self destructive, and therefore needs to be guided, sometimes against their will.
In the game, my warden was usually a templar/champion human noble who adhered to chantry principles on a general basis but would also disregard chantry teachings when it seemed appropriate- such as not allowing the dwarf to set up a chantry in Orzammar. All beliefs must be accepted and not forced.
Following anything blindly is foolish, we all know that- the same applies to the chantry, the church or whatever else one follows.
Your story about your Warden and mine are almost 100% identical it's not even funny at all man, so I completely hate the proposed idea of sounding like an utter, mirrored buzzkill to you and others, but there it is.
Only differences are that while I may not use a religion to guide me, I do not dismiss the possibility of a higher power being out there. In real life, I do not know what this power may be nor do I expect to understand. I expect only that this higher power understand that no mortal is to know - I believe if this "God" or other entity(ies) wanted us to believe in them, they'd show their pretentious faces and make it the most obvious to do so. In my not-so-humble opinion, faith is for the weak; gotta make your own path if no god is gonna do it for you.
As far as my Warden goes, he shares the same opinion as I do, being that I reflect every moral and physical detail of myself unto him as I possibly can (don't know if this is gonna give me flame wars or not, but it's just an opinion). My Warden was, as a Human Noble, raised to believe in the Maker as a youth, but later came to his own conclusion that while the Maker might truly exist (his belief is reinforced after seeing the ashes and Eamon's recovery), he also very much believes the Chantry is a very flawed and currently corrupt beacon of his divine voice. He believes similarly to Leliana in the Maker; similarly, NOT exactly in the same boundaries. He believes, as I would, that the Maker has already forgiven the races for their sins, and that he is watching, but very subtle and silent he remains. Now, I won't mention whether or not I believe he truly exists, but the Warden is under the impression that the Maker and Andraste, as well as the spirits in the Gauntlet, are indeed real. I mean come on, he gazed and interacted with them. If you can see it, feel it, touch it..... You get my drift right guys?
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