Re: [TML] [Freelance Traveller] Proposed Theme Issue: Religion
Mark Urbin 11 Sep 2021 13:20 UTC
Traveller era "Cargo Cult" religions on low tech planets at the fringes
of the Empire.
The priests vestments include large shirts with brightly colored flower
patterns.
On 9/10/2021 7:14 PM, Jeff Zeitlin - editor at freelancetraveller.com
(via tml list) wrote:
> ... which is fine for play, but that sort of thing IMO approaches
> "California Cult of the Week" status a little too closely for a respectful
> approach to religion for the proposed Theme Issue.
>
>
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:16:29 -0400, "Mark Urbin <xxxxxx@urbin.net> wrote:
>
>> I had a character who was a devout member of the Church of Elvis.
>>
>> On 9/9/2021 5:34 AM, Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk
>> (via tml list) wrote:
>>> Greetings
>>>
>>> On Thu, 9 Sept 2021 at 01:25, Jeff Zeitlin - editor at
>>> freelancetraveller.com <http://freelancetraveller.com> (via tml list)
>>> <xxxxxx@simplelists.com <mailto:xxxxxx@simplelists.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> In going through my list of ideas for Theme Issues, it occurred to
>>> me that
>>> Traveller comes across as indifferent to religion.
>>>
>>>
>>> I suppose it would be remiss of me not to point towards:
>>> https://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/columns/nubiref/religion.html
>>> <https://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/columns/nubiref/religion.html>
>>> which might help folks' thinking on the subject.
>>>
>>> tc
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