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What part of ancestor worship is not a different religion? Many people question the Triumverate's divinity. Or the Daedra's. Religion isn't simply about what gods exist, but whether they are gods. And the Dunmer didn't accept the Emperor's divinity, either. If all it takes is simply accepting that someone exists, then Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and ancient Egyptian myth are the same religion. Because they referenced real people. Unless you think there were no Pharaohs. That's not made clear in the fluff. The Imperial Truth worships no one. It is an atheist belief. The Cult of the Machine worships the Machine God, which may very well be a C'Tan. They are exempt from the Imperial Cult. They simply accept the Emperor as the Machine God's representative. And Chaos do deny that the Emperor can work miracles. They believe he's nothing but a sack of dead flesh.

Which don't really support it. Forgotten Realms has several entire pantheons as previously noted. And Elder Scrolls has belief systems vary by regions. The Dunmer in particular used to practice ancestor worship before the Triumverate ascended. And parts of that tradition are maintained. Star Wars is largely secular. The Force is the only religious belief exposed at all. But even Han was skeptical of it. It's far from unifying. You see no non-Jedi giving it any consideration. 40K has at least three competing belief systems for humans. The Imperial Truth, Imperial Cult, and Chaos. Only one of which is currently dominant for the Imperium, granted. And one of which is practically wiped out completely. Oh, and the AdMech's belief systems.

In Warcraft, there's still more than just the Church of Light. Trolls and Orcs have their own systems. And the Church of Light's god isn't running around doing anything. As far as I've been made aware, they don't actually have a god to do that with, instead worshiping the concept of light as good. In what way does it manage to hold the entire world or be "perfectly real?" Dwarves and trolls both have a diversity, with shaman and priests. Final Fantasy XIII definitely does have active gods and a certain Catholic semblence. But I'm not sure that the one game makes it so pervasive.

At this point I'm going to need examples. Because I still don't see it.

Trying to decide what to do with my Dark Souls character. I want to play Sorcerer. I also want to have decent melee backup. So, I made a Sorcerer. Got annoyed by the pig sticker. Rerolled Pyromancer, have that up to level 12. Am annoyed at how much it'll cost me to pick up sorceries. And am thinking about rerolling Sorcerer again, just pumping up strength for a longsword.

Dark Souls, second boss "Oh crap, I missed my attack. RUNNING RUNNING RUNNING" "Oh crap, nearly dead, RUNNING RUNNNING RUN" YOU DEFEATED "What?" "Oh, he charged off the edge."

Best this year is Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Past couple months, my favorite is Space Marine. Part hack and slash. Most recent purchase of mine that's good is Red Faction: Armageddon. Still relatively recent, but older than the previous two. On to Dark Souls. It's okay so far. I'm not seeing a reason to get excited yet.

Completed Arkham City. Everything in the campaign except advanced AR challenges.

D&D often has one pantheon. But that doesn't mean one church. Forgotten Realms most definitely does not have a single pantheon. It has Faerunian, Kara-Turan, Maztican, Mulhorandi, and Zakharan. And other settings, such as points-of-light do not have the gods going about doing stuff. Even the divine power of priests and paladins doesn't come from gods. Dragon Age has one church for much of the land. The elves have their own worship system. As do the dwarves. The qunari who are, as far as I've been made aware, functionally atheist. And no gods actually active and involved.

D&D, in general, doesn't have a singular church. Regions may have something they favor. Though that didn't seem to be the case for the Baldur's Gate games. And some settings have multiple pantheons, such as Forgotten Realms. You just don't deal with the relevant scales in any CRPGs of it. Since that's kind of my go-to-fantasy, I'm having trouble resolving the idea that there's always a single pervasive church. As for it always having the god necessarily present, I point to Points-Of-Light the new 4E default, and Dragon Age. One is a pantheon that is distant and does nothing. Even Dragon Age has a few religious systems. None of which have the god as active, so the question exists.

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I slipped in the tub this morning. My side is going to hurt like hell tomorrow, I imagine. What the heck, people? I'm not 60.

People who don't have to care what other people think? Then why am I not wearing one?! I'm so confused.

It's weird seeing him with an earring. It's not the 90s. Who wears earrings anymore?

!!! That was the one part I didn't quite catch before.

My understanding is that your shipping and retail infrastructure is arranged around Friday releases. Meaning Tuesday releases cost extra.

Apparently the "it takes forever" is a common problem with deleting Resistance 3 game data. 45 minutes for 2 gigs... Done. Only took 30 minutes. Now to redownload Catwoman. "56 minutes left" Oh, looks like it's peak time.

Trying to play Arkham City. "Game Data is corrupted." O...kay. *delete game data* *see Resistance 3 game data, decide to delete that too* *system stuck deleting forever*

The Missing Link is coming out today. Out already for parts of Europe. Steam is announcing it as out but the US, at least, can't yet purchase.

I'm not lazy! The second the NDA is gone, oh the paragraphs I will write. Then promptly trim down to two sentences that convey all important details.

Megamind Great movie. I have a Blockbuster "Combo Pass" and decided I need to use it or cancel it, so I'll be going through a few movies this week. Hopefully. Next up will be the third Narnia movie. Also have my eyes on Green Lantern. And Outlander, but Blockbuster doesn't seem to have that movie.

Revised my resume. Hopefully it no longer looks like it was written by a High Schooler.

Beat Red Faction: Amageddon and the DLC. That was pretty fun.

End of old thread Best of wishes to him. In my personal news, I'm putting out applications today. Since I may be out of a job next week.