From: Alex Ferguson (abf@interzone.ucc.ie)
Date: Tue 17 Jun 1997 - 20:38:42 EEST
Robert McArthur:
> Take real world history: we know some things happened-100%, definitely.
> eg. the romans moved into Judea pre-0 AD.
Leaving aside the nit that there was no year 0 AD, what you seem to be
doing is characterising an "absolute" as an event for which there's
strong historical evidence. And yet, the sort of "absolutes" you want
for Glorantha are quite different: not historical evidence (or at
least, that's not what you assert in the case below), but great big
objectively-experiencable signposts in the HeroPlane.
> IMHO I'm seeing too much of the 'there are no absolutes' brigade.#
Which brigade would this be? Who argues this? Why do we have to have a
false choice between Everything being an Absolute, and Nothing? Let's
have some absolutes, by all means, but why should this True Natures of
the Gods be one of them?
> If a person heroquested following Humakt's deeds backwards, by investigation
> they will either come to a point in which Humakt was born following the
> precepts of one religious happening [...]
So essentially, you're saying that (at least) one of Humakt and Humath
mythology is "wrong", and furthermore, that the worshippers ought to (be
able to) realise it. I certainly don't see how they can just have
failed to notice all this time, as the events in question must be among
the most Quested to of either religion.
> This too is verifiable via Heroquest as all events leave their mark.
Why? What's your evidence for this contention? What's your reason
for even _wanting_ this to be true?
Mystifiedly,
Alex.
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