Talk:Volcanic Hot Newsletter/March '07 issue

Religion in another land

Why would any King, Chancellor or other ruler allow another religion to take hold in his lands? Darkanism is a state religion and, as such, follows the foreign policy of Darka. Why would any King, regardless of alliances, wish to put his peasantry under control of another realm? -- Dabug Habap 14:18, 9 March 2007 (CET)

That's a big discussion on the DList lately. No one really knows why you would want it. Is there any point? I could see allowing a foreign religion in if you had no religion of your own. It just seems that allowing a foreign religion to take hold in your realm provides only negatives, so why bother? In this Darkanism case, the Darkan priests were actively invited to preach, then when they started, they were told to leave. The Darkanist priests did not invite themselves. --Indirik 15:12, 9 March 2007 (CET)

Neither the article nor the references make it clear that Darka was invited. Both seem to indicate that Darkanism was going to be allowed in, which gives the impression that they first asked to be allowed in. So, more supporting quotes and a slight change to the article might be helpful. -- Dabug Habap 15:59, 9 March 2007 (CET)

 Letter from Jonathon (6 minutes ago)
 Sorry for not getting back to you. Tara is pretty much open to anything. Be aware that there are
 other religions talking to the population as well, though. Religion has free reign for the most part.
 
 Sincerely,
 
 Jonathon
 Dictator of Tara

Hmmm, that sounds like a Darkanist official requested permission and was told they had permission - not that Tara came to Darkanists and asked them to come preach. --Habap 22:06, 9 March 2007 (CET)

It's true. Religions can't spread in Atamara. The Word is not a state religion, but we've been characterized as such which is angering. Extremely difficult to spread, especially when we go by funding from our nobles alone, not the whole realm. George the Hippy 02:16, 11 March 2007 (CET)