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pyroclastic
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Scorpion451
Since: Jan, 2013
9th Dec, 2016 09:13:34 PM
At least related to No Such Thing as Wizard Jesus and the Jesus Taboo
lavendermintrose
Since: Nov, 2012
10th Dec, 2016 10:46:52 PM
^ this, or they're intentionally saying that the other religion is more true and that Christianity is just corrupt authoritarian etc. (which is silly, by the way). Which... there probably shouldn't be a trope for "insulting this specific religion this way"...
In a work with multiple religions, all of them except Christianity (or the Crystal Dragon Jesus equivalent) will be shown to have true supernatural power or at least some Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane occurrences. Christianity, by contrast, won't.
Examples:
- A Song Of Ice And Fire - both the Old Gods and the faith of Rhyllor have had explicit miracles take place, but the stand-in-for-Catholicism Faith of the Seven has nothing.
- The Last Kingdom: Pagan healers are able to treat people that Christian monks can't. It could be just Closer to Earth folk medical knowledge, but it's deliberately ambiguous. Likewise, the pagan Uthred gets some suspiciously accurate dreams.
Edited by pyroclastic