FFXIV's story is threading on dangerous religious grounds

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I'm pretty sure religion does that job well enough on its own.

[Theodric]

I'm pretty sure religion does that job well enough on its own.

If that's so, then it sounds like a positive message to me! It would be nice if more people took this lesson to heart.

I'm not religious myself, though I know many people who are that are perfectly reasonable individuals that don't force their views on those around them. I also don't think that the absence of religion in the world would actually solve many problems, because from what I've seen, even many people who opt not to be religious end up pursuing other ideologies that might as well be a replacement.

Not that this is the appropriate place to discuss such things at length, mind you, though I'd point to various 'good causes' that warp into cult-like movements, the zeal some feel towards defending certain products and of course, the blind support for 'their team' no matter what policies a political candidate may put forth.

One might even suggest that many supposedly 'enlightened' atheists succumb to such thinking, given how eager they seem to be to look down and ridicule those who might take comfort in religion.

Each to their own though, I say!