Post by Azalea on Apr 7, 2016 11:53:51 GMT -5
This is a simple disclaimer for all other lore pages.
This is an important note for any of the lore pages that I personally write or other moderators/members of the site put up.
Gods and religious beliefs are not to be addressed. (Only exception being in the instance of a work in progress religion list should any fictional religions with fictional gods come up.)
Main reason for this being, we are a site that is open to a large range of religious beliefs and as such, we will not force a religion on any of the characters within the site. There will not be any form of 'official' religion established within the site. A number of fictional religions may be allowed though. As later lore pages will address, there are 'God-like' beings within the site and site lore. These beings are not true deities and, in the end, do not have the same control as a God.
These God-like beings will be addressed in later lore pages.
There is another important note to have here: There are in fact God characters that are in use on the site, however these God characters (at the moment) are purely fictional deities and are heavy exception characters with a large number of restrictions on them. Any member is able to create a character of this type, but they will go through an extensive review with heavy-handed restrictions before being allowed. However, the existence of these fictional beings are not to force any sort of religion onto another character but rather to allow the religious freedom of other characters.
There are no rules on character religion, and anything dealing with Gods or Deities is completely up for open interpretation. However, just as in real life, there are going to be characters that disagree with one another. Unlike real life, with any god characters, their existence 'cannot' be denied but rather their status as a god can. Due to the nature of our exception characters as a whole, these god characters can be viewed as simply very powerful beings for any character that has a differing belief.
As another note: I would highly prefer that any religious debate amongst members be kept within private chat. This is not a religious site, but as it is a life-like (to an extent) roleplay site, there are naturally going to be religious characters. This is just addressing the idea of religion within lore and roleplay. We are open to all religious beliefs and ideals.
Gods and religious beliefs are not to be addressed. (Only exception being in the instance of a work in progress religion list should any fictional religions with fictional gods come up.)
Main reason for this being, we are a site that is open to a large range of religious beliefs and as such, we will not force a religion on any of the characters within the site. There will not be any form of 'official' religion established within the site. A number of fictional religions may be allowed though. As later lore pages will address, there are 'God-like' beings within the site and site lore. These beings are not true deities and, in the end, do not have the same control as a God.
These God-like beings will be addressed in later lore pages.
There is another important note to have here: There are in fact God characters that are in use on the site, however these God characters (at the moment) are purely fictional deities and are heavy exception characters with a large number of restrictions on them. Any member is able to create a character of this type, but they will go through an extensive review with heavy-handed restrictions before being allowed. However, the existence of these fictional beings are not to force any sort of religion onto another character but rather to allow the religious freedom of other characters.
There are no rules on character religion, and anything dealing with Gods or Deities is completely up for open interpretation. However, just as in real life, there are going to be characters that disagree with one another. Unlike real life, with any god characters, their existence 'cannot' be denied but rather their status as a god can. Due to the nature of our exception characters as a whole, these god characters can be viewed as simply very powerful beings for any character that has a differing belief.
As another note: I would highly prefer that any religious debate amongst members be kept within private chat. This is not a religious site, but as it is a life-like (to an extent) roleplay site, there are naturally going to be religious characters. This is just addressing the idea of religion within lore and roleplay. We are open to all religious beliefs and ideals.
If anyone has any questions, concerns, or anything to add, please PM me. This is a delicate topic and I truly wish to cover it thoroughly and completely while being as open and sensitive toward any beliefs.