[text; wee hours of the morning]

[medalsome]

Do you believe in God? Gods? Do they exist where you're from? What about angels or demons or anything like that?

Where I'm from the existence of gods is hard to deny. People are pretty devote and religious. Church is an intrinsic part of our culture. It takes someone pretty hardheaded or self-centered to deny the existence of higher powers, but here there's not much emphasis on religion. Guess I'm just kinda curious now. Is it more like my home in your worlds, or more like this one?

[Joaquin may be slightly drunk, or perhaps he's just tired.]

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[driftsintobuffetline]

DUDE. GO TO SLEEP. GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP.

I love you, man, but it's ttoo darmn early for theological questions and philosphy and whatever thois shit is
but no
i'm an atheist
but after the kaiju i could almost believe that guy from Ancient Aliens. almost
go the fucl to sleep

[medalsome]

YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

You say that but you're responding. What's wrong with staying awake late now and then?

Huh. So you don't think those monsters you fought could have been maybe demons?

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[amadaman]

There are some people who believe in them. My world has lot of different religions and lots of people from my country believe in stuff like the afterlife.

I don't know about them actually being gods but I do know that there are some pretty powerful things out there. I fought one once.]

[you know just humanity's collective desire for death]

[medalsome]

I think there might be several religions in my world, too, but my country tends to stick mainly to Catholicism as far as churches are concerned. But I know there are more gods out there beyond the Christian God.

Man, a kid your age fighting something like that, though... Seems like quite a burden to bear.

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[missleadingquestions]

In my world there are a lot of different religions, but mine doesn't really focus on gods or anything

just the spirits of the living and the dead!

[medalsome]

Spirits of the living and the dead, huh? We think about that, too.

It's important back home to remember the people you cared about that have passed on. We even have a specific day to contemplate the dead and we leave offerings around their graves so they can find comfort when they return to visit us.

[darwinatrix]

No. A higher power is a delusion to make people more comfortable with their mortality.

[medalsome]

That's an interesting perspective, but one that wouldn't much fly where I'm from. No offense meant, General.

People where I'm from... it doesn't matter how tough or weak you are, you know that spirits exist. Souls exist. And gods sometimes show their faces in the most dire of times.

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[snoobs]

[ She's too lazy to text, so Joaquin gets Hemali's face, sitting in what looks to be the patio of a classy cafe. ]

Of course. We believe in many Gods, but there is only one Supreme God.

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[medalsome]

A head honcho for the gods, huh? Interesting.

I'm... not actually sure if there's some sort of hierarchy with our deities back home. That would be interesting to find out but I'm not sure how someone might figure it out. How does that work for you back in your world?

[heckblazer]

Met a handful of Gods. Most of them wankers.

[medalsome]

Ha! Guess you're not much for spiritual piety, but I don't suppose that'll hurt you much in this place.

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[thegriffinofdeath]

Hmm. I suppose I would be considered quite 'spiritual' here, as I've met my god. Felt her touch. Been infused with her power.

So. Yes.

[medalsome]

That's intense. And you were okay after all of that? It just sounds like a normal person might've died after....

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[restingstitchface]

A community's belief in Church and God is nothing but a psychological measure of the collective unconscious... humanity's mass denial of weakness and the absolution of our responsibility in decision making. Though we mock such delusion when we individually slaughter our bad decisions on the altar of collective responsibility. Strange, isn't it?

Regardless, you must recall that faith is one's strong belief in a doctrine based entirely on spiritual convition.

Superstition, in other words.

So no. I do not believe in God. Should I believe in a higher power, I might as well believe in leprechauns.

[He was raised by a matriarch who's zealousy would put anyone to shame, okay. The Richard Dawkins is real with this one.]

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[medalsome]

[It takes a few minutes for Joaquin to reply.]

I'm not sure if I got all that but I think I might have the gist of it.

I'm guessing that means your world's gods don't ever show their faces then. It goes beyond superstition where I'm from. I've seen them. I can't say it's all based solely on faith anymore. But it's interesting to know there might be worlds out there without gods, or clear proof of one.

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[damselunimpressed]

You are up late.
Or early, I suppose.

[ But so is Maria, although not by intention. ]

[medalsome]

Hey there.

I guess it is late. I wasn't able to sleep much, so I got up and just started thinking. What are you doing up?

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[protects_the_small]

Gods exist back home, very solidly. They've.....manifested quite a few times in the past thirty years.

[medalsome]

We don't see them as often back home but they have show up a time or two in my small hometown.

I'm pretty glad to hear gods aren't just a part of my world. It's strange because this one seems to have little in the way of gods unless you count the ones brought here by the porter.

[oceiteres]

where i'm from, i think people mostly believe whatever makes them feel better about things they can't control. there are some things that are easier to explain if you believe in those higher powers.

[medalsome]

I can't say I blame them. Sometimes it's better to take comfort in knowing things that aren't in your control are in the hands of someone or something else, especially if that means you can pray and let your wishes reach then. Then your wishes don't seem powerless.

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[23wishes]

should you be awake right now?

[Asks the person who is also awake right now.]

gods exist in my world as physical entities
sometimes you can call on them to help you
sometimes they just watch
the world itself is also alive and sentient
things are a lot different here.

[medalsome]

Right back at ya there, ha!

Your description of the world is definitely interesting. It reminds me a bit of my own but I'm not sure if I could say the world is alive. How do you know?

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[heartisabattleground]

[ Sora's going Audio because he doesn't know how to use that function yet: ]

Well, I've met only one "god". His name was Hades, he was the lord of the underworld. He's a huge jerk but me and my friends gave him a good beating a few times. [ Sora, the boy who smacks gods in the face with a giant key. ]

But, I dunno about that other stuff. I think there are a few gods in a world a visited once but I'm not sure about other worlds.

[medalsome]

[That's fine. Joaquin will continue to stick to text; he doesn't want to wake up the rest of the house.]

Beating up a God doesn't sound like a good idea but I mean... I guess you gotta do what you gotta do. Wonder what kind of medal I'd get if that had been me ha!

So you've had experience visiting worlds? This isn't your first time?

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[bloodcravings]

If they exist in my world, they've given up on humanity. Which is fine because I think most people would rather curse them than be devoted to them. In my opinion, they'd deserve every curse they get.

[medalsome]

That's a pretty strong reaction, but I'm sure you have your reasons. As it is, not ever god or spiritual being is good. I don't think they're inherently bad, at least not the ones back home but they're a lot more like people than perfect or benevolent deities.

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[pyrogue]

Back home, I ended up at his place called the Temple of Meshta, the "how" doesn't matter. The point is, their God protected the Temple by empowering its chosen one when the devil appeared. I stuck around after that, studied with the monks. Still think about it sometimes.

This world has a lot of similarities to mine, but I looked and nobody's heard of the god Meshta before. The temple exist here. Not just that, but the country it was in don't either.

Does Meshta only exist in my universe? Or is He here but unknown? That's what gets to me.

[medalsome]

So you've also seen a god before? That's pretty cool; not too many people seem to have that experience in their home worlds.

I'm sorry to hear they don't seem to exist here, or at least don't seem to have a known presence. Sounds like they were pretty important to you. But even if Meshta doesn't exist here, I don't see why you can't offer prayers or whatever it is you did for them like you did back home. Maybe he'd appreciate someone thinking about him from a world over?

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[governorkang]

The existence of gods is not questioned on my world, mainly because they like to meddle in mortal affairs.

And, one recently had to be killed for stealing the world. I was there when it happened.

[medalsome]

They're more hands-on where you're from? That seems kinda rare. It must be a pretty crazy place.

How can one just steal the world? And aren't gods supposed to be immortal?

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[knifecollecting]

I don't know about God, or gods, but I know an angel and several demons.

[She shrugs silently.]

Church isn't always a thing in my world. Some people are super into it and others aren't.

Joaquin's gonna continue replying with text just to keep noise levels down in the house

[medalsome]

Interesting. I generally consider things like angels and demons to go hand-in-hand with gods but I suppose you don't need one to have the other.

Most people from my world are very religious, or at least the majority of people I've met. You don't have to be but it's just kind of expected. I'd say that a great deal of my life I didn't think too much about church as something beyond just a weekly obligation but

Lately I've been wishing I'd been a little more active in seeking it out. The church I go to here isn't quite like what I remember from home.

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[nastygram]

okkkkk so this is not NEARLY ~~~existential~~~ enough
we can do better




if we want to get a serious debate going you are going to have to smoke up

[medalsome]

[Joaquin replies after moments of hesitation; he's not sure who he's talking to and it gives him pause.]

What?

I don't want to debate my smoking habit. I'm an adult! I can choose to smoke if I want to!

[Yeah, he's not getting it.]

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[dualismum]

In my world, there is no proof God or Gods exist, or any of other beings related to religion, but religion is a part of everyone's lives in a way or another; many people follow one.

In my country, Shinto is the most common religion, but I don't follow any religion, myself.

[medalsome]

It runs on faith then. That's not a bad thing; sometimes people just need something to believe in to get them through the day. I'm glad to know there are more religious worlds out there.

I've never heard of Shinto before. Is there a reason you don't follow it? People in my country tend to be Catholic, but not all the gods of my country are related to the Catholic church.

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[scrap_metal]

In my parts of the world, it's more of a tradition, than organised religion. You can leave a prayer at the shrine along with donation, or celebrate a given day that happens to be important for your local spirit, but it's just that. A tradition.

It depends only on you how serious you are going to treat it.

[medalsome]

Traditions and religion often go together, it's true. I like the way you phrased the difference. It most definitely depends on how seriously you treat it.

Would you say that you consider yourself to be religious? Or do you observe traditions just for traditions' sake? I think I mostly did the latter for a great deal of my life, though I never thought to make a distinction like that back home.