#ooc

I've never really put much thought into the religion of any of my characters

Well, for Z it is important. Her family is a big part of who she is.

..I also had a psychokinetic homicide detective who was VERY Catholic...

and I've had some choristers...

ok, if they aren't garou, I think about religion

I don't know enough about religions, personally, to know how they would reconcile being a supernatural being with their faith, so I don't try. L

I'm a preacher's kid who spent a few years trying out religions in college?

That could be it.

same here

I mean, I was raised very staunchly non-religious

I've been an atheist (no longer militant) most of my life, so it never interested me enough to learn more than basics. I think Jenn gave me a good overview of Catholicism, and I've learned more from you this last few months than I ever knew before about Judaism, if that gives an idea?

okay, gotta close this because I can't finish this one thing that I need to do before I can go home!

Back a bit later. :)

so, I know a handful of things that I've read but I don't feel comfortable enough to RP someone's faith

Same, Tanner-p.

FINALLY FOUND IT. Okay, if you click on the "Alarm Bell" icon up near the Team name (Firnost & Friends), you get an option to snooze notifications for a period.

Better than muting the channel and forgetting to turn it back on!

Not that I worry as much about offending....this sounds terrible....but only because I want to RP something RIGHT, whether it's religion or a knowledge. AH! Thanks for finding that, Rae!

(At least, for those who keep it open, like I do - app on desktop and on phone, because I use Slack for work too)

^_^

same here

see ya!

if I'm going to RP something I want to do it properly and CORRECTLY

I try to be respectful, I do a lot of research - I have a collection of websites for Zara, and have at least some RL familiarity

I learned a long time ago that it's a good idea to RP "What you know" so to speak

Catholics are -similar- to Lutherans

so that makes them easy. Mainstream protestants are easy.

because RPing as a German national without knowing any German or ever having met an actual German can go wrong on so many levels

yeup

Yeah. Although I've ALSO learned, you can be playing someone who knows exactly the same things you do, and are in the same location you are, and someone will STILL say you are getting it wrong. 🙂

I hung out with a large number of Baptist theology students in the early '00s when I lived in PA so I could probably RP one of them convincingly, I think, though

ooo, PA?

Whereabouts?

I lived in Lancaster, PA from December of '99 until summer of '04

back when I was helping my gravely-ill mom and stepdad

my mom was the one who was gravely ill, not step-dad

(important distinction)

oh, tough time 😞

I was on that end of the state in the late oughts - working at Kutztown U

I also worked in Manheim for a bit

Roots is the best

my mom had both of her kidneys removed back in '93 so by the time '99 rolled around she was in rough shape

yes!

oh yeah

wince*

mom actually lived until midway through '04, though

tough old bird she was

losing a parent sucks, though. 😞 hugs