Merry Christmas fellow Bears & Trothkin !
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Merry Christmas
Started by Tuann, Dec 24 2013 07:50 AM
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Posted 24 December 2013 - 07:50 AM
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Posted 24 December 2013 - 07:55 AM
Thx Tuann, and merry christmas to you and all the other bears too!
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Posted 24 December 2013 - 08:03 AM
Merry Christmas to all! Even you fancy clanners. 
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Posted 24 December 2013 - 08:14 AM
Merry christmas to you trothkins, close and far, seen and unseen!
It just sounds curious that trueborn warriors celebrate a freeborn festivity.. About a free birth!
It just sounds curious that trueborn warriors celebrate a freeborn festivity.. About a free birth!
Edited by CyclonerM, 24 December 2013 - 08:14 AM.
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Posted 24 December 2013 - 09:32 AM
Marack Drock, on 24 December 2013 - 09:17 AM, said:
Merry Christmas (do the Clans even celebrate Christmas?) Trothkins and anyone who has joined the Scorpions (to my knowledge just me). We wish you a merry Christmas from the Scorpions and a happy kill spree in the game.
Well actually some Clanners might celebrate it, probably among the Christian freeborns.. But it is not listed among the official Clan festivities
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Posted 24 December 2013 - 11:16 AM
CyclonerM, on 24 December 2013 - 09:32 AM, said:
Well actually some Clanners might celebrate it, probably among the Christian freeborns.. But it is not listed among the official Clan festivities
Well, I never heard of any orthodox religion mentioned in relation to Clans, but they do have cult of Kerensky, which could have replaced all old religions. According to sarna.net general A.S. Kerensky was born on 19 December 2700, so why wouldn't his birthday replace Christmas as Christmas did replace celebration of birth of Osiris, Mitra or celebration of Yule, Saturnalia, Kolyada, ect.
Merry Kerenskmas, trothkins! And merry Christmas!
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Posted 24 December 2013 - 05:06 PM
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Clans
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Though in a sense Clan society is atheistic, and many Clansmen will say as much, in truth many of the spiritual aspects of religion have been supplanted by what is known as the "Cult of Kerensky." The Kerenskys, and indeed the founding of the Clans, is shrouded in mythology and superstition, thanks in part to the strict control of information. Like Moses, Aleksandr Kerensky is seen as a father figure who led his people into the wilderness but never saw the Promise Land, while his son Nicholas is the messiah who rescued his people from darkness. Central to this belief is the Hidden Hope Doctrine, that one day the Clans would return to the Inner Sphere and reform the Star League, which for many years provided a driving force in everyday Clan life.
Classic religions still exist in Clan society, none more so than in Clan Cloud Cobra where they form the basis for the formation of Cloisters, with their differing traditions covered by an overarching concept known as "The Way." Clans Coyote, Goliath Scorpion and Nova Cat also practice a form of mysticism, including the use of vision quests to guide their actions. The Coyotes' beliefs are based on a form of native American spiritualism, while the Nova Cats' are less clear in origin if not similar. Clan Goliath Scorpion meanwhile believe that taking the dangerous hallucinogen Necrosia grants them visions to the location of long-lost Star League artifacts, the recovery of which is the Clan's highest purpose, though it is regarded by others as an insidious tradition and the main reason for the Scorpion's limited influence.
The lack of widespread belief in pre-Exodus religions has a number of reasons. First, organized religions provide an alternative power structure to the Clan hierarchy, threatening it with what some deem "poisonous" ideas which could lead to revolt. Religion also does not fit easily into the "waste not, want not" mindset of many and is deemed to serve no useful purpose. Finally among most trueborn warriors the idea of worshiping an almighty God figure does not mesh easily with the fact that they were grown in a lab by decidedly un-Godlike scientists. Outright persecution of religious people is rare in Clan society and those who adhere to any particular faith are for the most part tolerated, with some amount of extra hardships.
Though in a sense Clan society is atheistic, and many Clansmen will say as much, in truth many of the spiritual aspects of religion have been supplanted by what is known as the "Cult of Kerensky." The Kerenskys, and indeed the founding of the Clans, is shrouded in mythology and superstition, thanks in part to the strict control of information. Like Moses, Aleksandr Kerensky is seen as a father figure who led his people into the wilderness but never saw the Promise Land, while his son Nicholas is the messiah who rescued his people from darkness. Central to this belief is the Hidden Hope Doctrine, that one day the Clans would return to the Inner Sphere and reform the Star League, which for many years provided a driving force in everyday Clan life.
Classic religions still exist in Clan society, none more so than in Clan Cloud Cobra where they form the basis for the formation of Cloisters, with their differing traditions covered by an overarching concept known as "The Way." Clans Coyote, Goliath Scorpion and Nova Cat also practice a form of mysticism, including the use of vision quests to guide their actions. The Coyotes' beliefs are based on a form of native American spiritualism, while the Nova Cats' are less clear in origin if not similar. Clan Goliath Scorpion meanwhile believe that taking the dangerous hallucinogen Necrosia grants them visions to the location of long-lost Star League artifacts, the recovery of which is the Clan's highest purpose, though it is regarded by others as an insidious tradition and the main reason for the Scorpion's limited influence.
The lack of widespread belief in pre-Exodus religions has a number of reasons. First, organized religions provide an alternative power structure to the Clan hierarchy, threatening it with what some deem "poisonous" ideas which could lead to revolt. Religion also does not fit easily into the "waste not, want not" mindset of many and is deemed to serve no useful purpose. Finally among most trueborn warriors the idea of worshiping an almighty God figure does not mesh easily with the fact that they were grown in a lab by decidedly un-Godlike scientists. Outright persecution of religious people is rare in Clan society and those who adhere to any particular faith are for the most part tolerated, with some amount of extra hardships.
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Posted 25 December 2013 - 03:29 AM
Time for some source quoting! (Jaroth Corbett will be proud of me)
Note that the Clans celebreate the New Year... And on Dec 27 (two days from now) is the Star League day, a memorial day for the assassination of Richard Cameron which sparked the Amaris' Coup and the collapse of the League.
(Jaroth Corbett will be proud of me)Note that the Clans celebreate the New Year... And on Dec 27 (two days from now) is the Star League day, a memorial day for the assassination of Richard Cameron which sparked the Amaris' Coup and the collapse of the League.
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