| From: | Phil Smith phil_urbanhell@*******.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Church in SR |
| Date: | Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:49:26 GMT |
>You could find some interesting information on Church in 'Chrom & Dioxin',
>a german sourcebook, where a state ruled by the Catholic Church is
>described.
>The German-Catholic Church banns the use of Cyberware and believes that
>they have to remove al non-essential cyber. Meta-Humans, especially elves
>and
>dwarves, aren't welcome in Westphalen. Neither are any kind of
>non-hermetical magical active persons (i.e. shamans, druids,..). The mages
>in Westphalen
>have to be in religious orders.
Bear in mind that Westphalia is an exception rather than the rule; the
Catholic church is tollerant of magic, metahumans and cyberware although
they believe that the first and last of the above can be abused, especially
magic. MITS has a little on the Pope's guidance in terms of what works and
what doesn't.
Actually, thinking about it, I'm pretty sure that Westphilia is a Protestant
state, which means that it can take its own angle on things. If you're
playing a Protestant character, their views of magic will depend much more
on the area they grew up in and the people they were exposed to than any
general view; individual preachers can have different ideas and because
(IIRC) the Protestant church doesn't have a centralised power structure, no
one is going to tell them to stop. Bear in mind that my knowledge of the
Protestant church structure comes from history lessons rather than real
life, so all the above could be wrong.
Phil
Dieing is an art like everything else.
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