Timeline for Why do deities need to gain belief?
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| Jan 19, 2017 at 9:38 | answer | added | Thorn Brier | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 27, 2016 at 11:48 | comment | added | Harry David | I have always envisioned the whole "need for fellowship" thing as a poker game between the deities of various major religions, where we as the followers are simply casino chips in the pot; the more chips a god aquires, the richer they become - or so to speak, coz meta-physical money isn't the clearest currency around... | |
| Jul 9, 2016 at 12:15 | vote | accept | fairytale | ||
| Jul 9, 2016 at 12:08 | comment | added | fairytale | @user2338816 (1) They need to "consume" human, so the deities need "Sustainable Development". (2) They are freely to make themselves visible or invisible. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 16:20 | answer | added | thomastiger | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 13:16 | answer | added | user24582 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 11:33 | comment | added | Logan | I like the Stargate SG-1 "Ori" explanation. By surrendering your will to the 'god' or 'gods', they gain a portion of power based on the brain functions you're no longer using to self determine. Like cloud processing. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 11:32 | comment | added | Benubird | In Stargate (movie/tv show), the Goa'uld did exactly this - aliens with higher technology ruling for thousands of years, pretending to be gods. You might take a hint from that. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 11:20 | answer | added | LSerni | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 9:42 | comment | added | clacke | Isaac Asimov had some pretty good reasons for aliens (or humans from another planet) fostering religion. Not belief in the aliens as deities as such, but belief in something for which the worshippers needed the Foundation as a mediator, providing the Foundation with leverage to control them. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 6:58 | answer | added | Keltari | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 5:57 | comment | added | user2338816 | I don't quite get it. These "deities" need to coexist with humans on the planet? (Why?) Is there reason for the "deities" to be known to humans? (Are they visible? In same locations?) In general, "real deities" have a separate plane of existence, so humans could be totally/absolutely ignored if so desired. But in your story, some type of interaction is necessary/guaranteed...? | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 3:10 | answer | added | Superbest | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 2:19 | answer | added | Nathaniel Ford | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 1:20 | answer | added | Cognisant | timeline score: 1 | |
| S Jul 7, 2016 at 22:33 | history | edited | John Dallman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 7, 2016 at 20:52 | answer | added | user151841 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 20:52 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | "So I think the simplest way is to hide their existence." All you need to start with is a deity that disagrees with you on this point =) That being said, this question only shows the negative side of such reveals. What are the benefits? Once you have a balance of benefits and drawbacks for revealing, one can start exploring why such a reveal may be desirable for some deities. | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 20:43 | answer | added | Azuaron | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 19:50 | comment | added | celtschk | On Terry Pratchett's diskworld, gods get their power through the believe of their followers. A god can do great miracles if people have strong believe in them, but if the believe of the followers is weak, then the god is essentially powerless. | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 19:31 | answer | added | kalebmordecai | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 18:39 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | Maybe your deities get more ad revenue the more followers that they get. That's why people care about Facebook friends and Twitter (etc.) followers, right? | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 18:06 | answer | added | SudoSedWinifred | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 17:51 | answer | added | Josh King | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 17:39 | answer | added | zzz | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 17:37 | answer | added | Ranger | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 17:24 | history | asked | fairytale | CC BY-SA 3.0 |