themetalian on 23/8/2006 at 18:49
Quote Posted by Raven
It is blunt you idiot - it will HURT more!
It's okay, Ardesco, I'm sure he meant it in the nicest way possible. :cheeky:
Solabusca on 24/8/2006 at 01:08
Quote Posted by dlw6
I see three lessons from this parable:
* slacking off is bad (the priest was punished severely)
* fornication is bad (the harlot was punished too)
* the hammer was punished worse because he was a hammer and is expected to meet a higher standard of behavior
Don
Actually, this passage doesn't really suggest that the fornication is what's bad. The hammer is punished for slacking off - the harlot is punished for tempting him to do so.
Therefore, fornication is bad only because it draws the servant of the Builder away from his duties - when you take orders in the Hammerite church, your leisure activity is strictly curtailed. Thus, those acts that draw away from the due works that a member of the Clergy must tender unto his Builder are sinful.
Whaddaya think?
.j.
Goldmoon Dawn on 24/8/2006 at 01:35
Quote Posted by Solabusca
Therefore, fornication is bad only because it draws the servant of the Builder away from his duties - when you take orders in the Hammerite church, your leisure activity is strictly curtailed. Thus, those acts that draw away from the due works that a member of the Clergy must tender unto his Builder are sinful.
That was actualy rather well said.
:ebil:
themetalian on 24/8/2006 at 14:42
It's a sensible theory when you think about it. :p
Selete on 27/8/2006 at 04:50
Considering this, would it be safe to say that Hammerites would be allowed to have wildy orgies so long as it was on their offtime?
Solabusca on 27/8/2006 at 05:49
Quote Posted by Selete
Considering this, would it be safe to say that Hammerites would be allowed to have wildy orgies so long as it was on their offtime?
Well, Hammerites don't really
have off time. It's part and parcel of the priesthood, and one of the myriad things given up for the glory of the Master Builder.
Mechanists, on the other hand, seem to be a bit more lax.
.j.
sbweightman on 27/8/2006 at 16:21
i always saw the hammers as a cross between christians and the stone masons, what with the symbol of the cross / hammer, the building aspect of the stone masons, and (controversial statement alert) the fact the God doesn't actually exist.
well, i dont think he does. Pagan god exists, sure i killed him, but the Builder?
But if he doesn't exist, who makes the holy stuff holy?
Selete on 27/8/2006 at 16:52
Just for the record, I'm a 'G-d exists, but it's really hard to notice him/her/it caring' person. So I can understand that sentiment while not precisely agreeing.
If some form of Builder doesn't exist, where did the dirt come from? Where did time come from? Where does anything come from?
Holy magic would be the most evident, but the least of the problem.
If the Builder exists but doesn't care enough to do anything directly, like a big omnipotent superfriend, then I suppose it would be the power of faith. Weild thy faith like a hammer to smite thy foes, an' all that.
Solabusca on 6/9/2006 at 20:08
For anyone that was interested: the designer of
Paladin has reopened his company as CRN Games, complete with a new website.
(
http://files.crngames.com/cc/paladin/paladin.html) Paladin is still available as part of a creative commons liscence, and is also available for purchase (with upgraded art and whatnot) from the CRN store.
.j.
