Religious faith versus Non-conformist faith and the Sims 2
Sam the T-man:
It's worth adding that the Horned God only became Satanic once Constantine got his claws into Christianity. Before he came along, Christian Xmas didn't include christmas trees or holly, and the inverted pentagram wasn't an evil symbol. Pagan symbols got twisted by him to make pagans and/or wiccans look like practitioners of evil when they're not - and while he did that, he had the gall to steal their symbols to "appease" them. Pff.
I'm pretty sure that's a big part to do with the Burning Times.
RanaAurora:
caffeinated.joy, as someone who's been Pagan since she was four, I think I love you.
The pentacle is a continuous star, within a circle (representing endless cycles). The five points represent fire, air, earth, water and spirit - what is considered by Pagans to be the make-up of everything in life.
The symbol of the Horned God is:
Therefore, even an inverse pentacle is NOT a symbol of devil worship, but was twisted so people would think so. It's merely a more masculine version of the traditional upright pentacle. That's it.
Anyway, I don't think my religion has much of an impact on the way I play my game at all, other than my excitement of witches being added in, and the stereotypical "The Craft"-like OFB shop I had some girls set up, which the inclusion of witches now makes more entertaining.
Other than that, I try to make my Sims insanely happy to the point where I ruin some fun for myself. It's rare they have more than one love and don't marry them, and Lucy Burb and her husband were the *FIRST* couple I've ever had get divorced in years of playing TS2. Turmoil amongst my Sims, or failure, is something that is hard for me to do, because I have to get over my gamer instinct of doing everything perfect and "winning" to make myself do anything other than have them succeed.
ancienthighway:
The only time I used "religon" in my game was for one family in a recent neighborhood. Both of the original sims in the house were popularity with wants of having 20 best friends. For some reason I decided while playing them that none of the offspring would move out of the house and anyone in the house had to try for baby. I worked up a story line about this being in accordance with his religon. By the time the old man died, there were 16 decendants and spouses living in the house with 3 of the women expecting another 5 within one day of each other.
Oh, this was a 1x2 lot originally that I expanded to be a 2x2 just because I ran out of crib space. lol
Once I'm done playing with the new witches, my neighborhoods will go back to being mundane places, no vampires, werewolves, zombies, aliens, plantsims or witches. I see plantsims and witches as having too many bonuses to make life easy for them. And I never did get the point of vampires, werewolves and zombies. Then there's the children and generations following that have these extreme personalities that just make them so frustrating to play.
I think Maxis made a good choice in not including religon in the game because there's too many variants that would have to be included to please everyone. I don't see these fairy tale witches as being Wiccan, Satanist, Pagen or any other form of religon. They are simply fairy tale beings.
Sam the T-man:
I don't use religion in my game at all, I just play it for what it is - escapism, a chance to explore things that would never happen in real life. Like vampires, aliens, tons of gay couples (to the point where there's more gay than straight!). And I have every intention of playing with witches when I get AL; I love throwing fantasy elements into an otherwise ordinary modern setting, makes it (and any story ideas they give me) more interesting :D
Vampires can be handy. Like, say, when you're stuck with a sim with no active points whatsoever? He was a nightmare to look after when he was mortal. It's also a good way to ensure your favourite sims never grow old.. I did go a little crazy on that though :angel:
Lael:
As a practicing shaman, my religion doesn't come into the game at all. I appreciate the religion free nature of it. I love the sexuality being a non-issue as well.
That said, I am a sucker for Greek and Roman stuff. I have created temples in that motif that I loved decorating and having sims in them. Fortunately people tend to forget that Greek and Roman mythology was once a thriving religion for hundreds of years. That doesn't bother me.
I do download all of the ancient and middle ages stuff. And some of the magic mods. Mostly because it fits the eras I like. I have also downloaded quite a bit of interesting goth stuff. Again, the style appeals to me.
But as far as seriously putting religion of any kind into my sims, well, no. I have no desire for that level of realism. I take joy in a gaming world without religion where the focus is on people rather than worship and such. It is part of the joy of this game for me.
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