Re: (TFT) Is this a decade of thought? SO SAD!

[Margaret Tapley <barnswallow@sbcglobal.net>]

I'm not entirely sure I understand your definition of "spirituality".  
You seem to have it opposed to knowledge. I can see this being the  
case; there have been plenty of times through history when religion,  
or quasi-religion, was opposed to truth. For example, the medieval  
church's persecution of heretics (including people like Copernicus),  
or the "personality cults" of Stalin and Mao (and other dictators, but  
those two were the most obnoxious about it).

However, I posit that in a world where "supernatural" phenomena, like  
wizards' spells and a variety of beings like wights and demons, are  
part of the "physics" of the world, and actual deities sometimes show  
up in physical form, what we call spirituality could easily be an  
accepted form of knowledge, or even a full-fledged science.

Please clarify this for the sake of someone who never really thought  
of spirituality (as opposed to religion) as standing in the way of  
knowledge :)




On Apr 13, 2010, at 5:16 AM, Jay Carlisle wrote:
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>
> Buildings will produce a bivailant value for "happiness" depending  
> upon the
> ratio of its Societal Values and its Cultural Bias toward Habit or  
> Novelity.
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> Habit (Authority, Productivity, Spirituality) : Novelity (Creativity,
> Prosperity, Knowledge)
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> Directly opposed opposites are;
>
> Constraint : Authority / Creativity
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>
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> Support :  Productivity / Prosperity
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> Access : Spirituality / Knowledge
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> Societal Values
>
> There are a total of six values that you either promote or supress  
> to create
> the city of your dreams - or nightmares.
>
>
>
> AUTHORITY (Habit)
>
> Opposite - Creativity
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> Opposed -  Prosperity, (s) Knowledge
>
> Alligned - (s) Productivity, Spirituality
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>
>
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> CREATIVITY (Novelity)
>
> Opposite - Authority
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> Opposed - Productivity,(s) Spirituality
>
> Alligned - (s) Prosperity, Knowledge
>
>
>
>
>
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> KNOWLEDGE (Novelity)
>
> Opposite - Spirituality
>
> Opposed -  Authority, (s) Productivity
>
> Alligned - (s) Creativity, Prosperity
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>
>
>
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> PRODUCTIVITY (Habbit)
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> Opposite - Prosperity
>
> Opposed - (s) Creativity, Knowledge
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> Alligned - Authority, (s) Spirituality
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>
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> PROSPERITY (Novelity)
>
> Opposite - Productivity
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> Opposed - (s) Authority, Spirituality
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> Alligned - Creativity, (s) Knowledge
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> SPIRITUALITY (Habbit)
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> Opposite - Knowledge
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> Opposed - Creativity, (s) Prosperity
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> Alligned - (s) Authority,  Productivity
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>
>
>
>
> In a situation of empire, etc., a players Figure is likely to  
> maintain control
> over several types of citys at once, some productive and others  
> prosprous for
> example.
>
> I will mention here that the vast number of RPG'ers tend toward  
> Habbit (things
> have always been this way and will always be this way, MY RPG will  
> ALWAYS be
> in a fantasy community just like Hobbiton or etc.).
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