RuneScape Forum Archive | Why do you follow your God?

Oct

2020

Iomeces

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I follow the example Guthix, because he never wished to rule us. So many of the other gods are nothing more than tyrants. Some are more well-intentioned than others, but that does not change the fact that they think they know what's best for us. Their only justification for this? Might makes right, a concept that is fundamentally immoral.

I do not worship Guthix. I consider him to have been a friend and colleague. Because I do not worship him, that also means that I am free to disagree with him. He was a flawed individual who genuinely tried to give mortals control of their own destinies.

As for the faction I am aligned with, I am a Guthix-leaning moderate Godless. I am a member of the Godless because I believe that mortals have the right to choose their own fates, without the compulsion to be slaves to divine tyrants. I am moderate in that I am willing to accept and ally with a few select gods such as Seren and V.

03-Aug-2015 19:38:43 - Last edited on 03-Aug-2015 19:41:21 by Iomeces

Aug

2013

Fat N Wacky

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Roland Lyons said :
I follow Saradomin because I follow Team America: World Police logic. There are three kinds of people in this world. *****, *******, and ********.

******* think everyone can get along, and ***** just want to **** all the time without thinking it through. But then you've got your ********, and all the ******** want to do is just to **** all over everything.

So ******* may get mad at ***** once in a while, because ******* get ****** by *****(IE, Naragun, Senntisten). But ***** also **** ********(Zamorak's defeat at BoL, near defeat after the god wars). And you know what you'd get if ***** didn't **** the ********? You'd get your **** and your ***** all covered in ****.

This my friends, is the wisdom of Saradomin. And why I'm proud to call myself a ****.

If I get a temp ban for this post, then I regret nothing.

Holy ****

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04-Aug-2015 01:55:35

Aug

2013

Fat N Wacky

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Iomeces said :
I follow the example Guthix, because he never wished to rule us. So many of the other gods are nothing more than tyrants. Some are more well-intentioned than others, but that does not change the fact that they think they know what's best for us. Their only justification for this? Might makes right, a concept that is fundamentally immoral.

I do not worship Guthix. I consider him to have been a friend and colleague. Because I do not worship him, that also means that I am free to disagree with him. He was a flawed individual who genuinely tried to give mortals control of their own destinies.

As for the faction I am aligned with, I am a Guthix-leaning moderate Godless. I am a member of the Godless because I believe that mortals have the right to choose their own fates, without the compulsion to be slaves to divine tyrants. I am moderate in that I am willing to accept and ally with a few select gods such as Seren and V.

What about Zaros?

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04-Aug-2015 01:55:45

Nov

2023

Lego Miester

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The Mather1 said :
I follow Zaros because I approve of his 100% reliance on logic. Also because I approve of the systems instituted and progress made in Senntisten, and because his followers constitute some of the most reliable and trustworthy characters in Runescape.

It is indeed perfectly logical that you can "kill two birds with one stone", eliminating the excessive homelessness and hungry monsters in one action. But not one I'd give unlimited cosmic power to.

Megical Man said :
Guthix gave up his life to set these events into motion

Wow, when I made the proposition that Guthix made Sliske the first world guardian, I was joking, but that's actually so absurd it wraps back around and becomes completely sane again.

Shine on, you crazy diamond. Headcanon Haven, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.
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04-Aug-2015 07:23:07 - Last edited on 04-Aug-2015 07:27:10 by Lego Miester

May

2008

The Mather1

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Lego Miester said :
It is indeed perfectly logical that you can "kill two birds with one stone", eliminating the excessive homelessness and hungry monsters in one action. But not one I'd give unlimited cosmic power to. Strawman and guilt by association. That's a double foul.

"Abscondita est in Astra."

04-Aug-2015 11:34:51

Sep

2022

Romola

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The reason i follow Zamorak is mostly due to the fact that for one he is one of the only god's/philosophies that isn't blatantly hypocritical or unnecessarily tyrannical or evil in nature.
Zamorak realizes that Some evil's are necessary for the greater good but doesn't let that get to his head or dilute his thinking.

His philosophy is one that places the individual above the god above himself.

Many of his philosophies are the anti-thesis of ideals i hate. I.E Worthy over the Wealthy, Personal Growth for the individual above all else, and preaching the fact that order without chaos really only creates complacency and laziness within people stunning growth physically, emotionally and mentally.

And the last reason i follow him is 'cos his items and art style associated with him looks bad-*******-ass.

04-Aug-2015 21:07:30

Only Emilia

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I have been a loyal Zarosian for 5 years now. The reason I have chosen to follow him is mostly because of his philosophy. I highly believe in trying to increase in both power and knowledge based on your own life experiences and to not drown yourself in your problems when u face something difficult. Another thing I highly value is to find that balance within oneself and I always try to remain levelheaded in all situations, be it real life or not (ofc I don't always succeed... especially not when some1 is attacking me and any attempt at trying to keep the dialogue "non-flame" fails, but I try).

Other than that Zaros has also shown that he is very logical and level headed and think through his decisions before he actually makes them, which is something I consider very important in a leader. He doesn't for example get angry and punish people when he doesn't get what he wants when he wants it... which some of the gods have shown in the past quests.

05-Aug-2015 10:52:47

Aug

2013

Fat N Wacky

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Only Emilia said :
He doesn't for example get angry and punish people when he doesn't get what he wants when he wants it... which some of the gods have shown in the past quests.

*cough* Saradomin *cough*

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13-Aug-2015 03:58:44

LuciusAnubis

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Personally i am torn between either choosing Armadyl or Zamorak for the following reasons

Ever since i began to play the game years ago with diferent accounts, when the lore was nicely developed but we still couldn't see the Gods and we were mostly forced to side with Saradomin, when the "Saradomin is good, Zamorak is evil and Guthix is neutral" mentality of the Game was around, i liked Zamorak, mainly because i was sick of all the "Saradomin Is The Good Guy" crap

I was sick of all that "Good Guy" crap and the fact that you couldn't side with Zamorak in most things, i love Zamorak for tradition, we could call it that, because before i knew more about the other Gods and saw them in action i was a Zamorakian, not because i agree with Chaos(it is a nice Theory tho) but because i was sick of the "Good And Bad Guy" thingy, and because he is pretty cool too

And with more and more role released with him since i returned to the game, i've became more close with his ideology, i like him even more due to the fact that he is basically a Revolutionary, an innovator, altough i still don't enterily agree with Chaos, i still admire him and his theory

Yet i am thorn between him and Armadyl, for ideologically wise, i agree more with Armadyl's idea of Justice, Law and Equality, as well as the peaceful co-existance between Gods and Mortals, and he is a pretty good God too, as cool as Zamorak, his ideology appealing more to me

I myself don't worship Armadyl that much, i consider him more of a fellow Comrade and Friend rather than a Godly Being, unlike Zamorak, who i see as a powerful Godly and Divine Being

For now, i will aid both Gods as much as i can in World Events and Quests, but i know that in the future i will have to choose between the two...

14-Aug-2015 05:13:19

Jun

2023

Tyrragon

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I have been a follower of Guthix for seven years, purely because the other gods cause only destruction (save perhaps for Zaros and Seren), where Guthix was a creator and the only one to ensure the safety of Gielinor at the conclusion of the God Wars. Fundamentally I agree with his vision that Gielinor should be free of gods, enforced by recent events that have shown that the other gods only seek to destroy and ruin. They want power. Guthix had power forced upon him and he used it to forge Gielinor from the blank slate the Elder Gods left. It is respectable that he was able to resist the urge to abuse his great power, instead deciding to leave the world to its own devices after ensuring it would be able to carry on.

I can also respect and sympathize with Zaros; as a transcendent being, he has always had power, and never truly had any need to desire any. The Empire that he founded and led is credited with a great many advancements that were lost upon its collapse, and from what he has told me he seems quite similar to Guthix. However, I cannot follow him because, though he is the best hope for removing the other gods from Gielinor, I foresee that his desire to awaken the Elder Gods will only have cataclysmic consequences for himself and Gielinor. I have returned him to full power because it is only in this state that he is useful to me, but even then this use is to fulfill Guthix's dying wish. Balance in all things.

15-Aug-2015 13:44:08

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