FFXIV's story is threading on dangerous religious grounds

[Mayumae]

There is a god in this game called Lakshmi that we have to fight. And Lakshmi is one of the Hindu gods. Tell me how this type of storyline will not offend Hindu people. I, myself, am a Hindu person and I felt offended at that part of the storyline.

It is a storyline for a reason.

sto·ry·line
/ˈstôrēˌlīn/
noun
the plot of a novel, play, movie, or other narrative form.

I hope you can stop trying to cherrypick a storyline off of a videogame. A videogame has nothing to do with real-world problems. You can also log off.





Deal with it.

[SnowVix]

I liked Vauthry- I didn't see him that way... but to each their own

Vauthry's second form is very much inspired by Christian iconography of archangels. Like he wouldn't look out of place on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

[Sathona]

Please stop, PLEASE D:
You're clearly new to the Final Fantasy franchise but its middle name is literally "dethrone god"

[Saraide]

The WoL has never solved their problems by themselves though. They’ve always had some deity or higher up entity aiding them. We also literally summon primals ourselves in both Eden and the end of EW to help us. So is it only a case of it’s only okay when the protagonists do it?

Absolutely, you just need to ignore all context those summonings happen in and your statement is 100% true.

[HeyMcFly]

Kill all of the gods


Worship Daddy Thancred

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

But they aren't Gods.

They're Primals.

We kill Primals.

Besides, Religious deities cannot be proven and there are tons of different Religions from many eras. Either accept that they're all right or they're all wrong. There's no inbetween as it's hypocritical to say one is right but the others aren't as another Religion will say the same thing. Whose right? Whose wrong? No one will find out until they die.

[KizuyaKatogami]

Absolutely, you just need to ignore all context those summonings happen in and your statement is 100% true.

It doesn’t change the fact we still summon them to fix our problems, which is what the person was saying the story was advocating against, when in reality we do the same thing as everyone else. Rely on and summon higher entities to fix our problems.

[Irzephyra]

It doesn’t change the fact we still summon them to fix our problems, which is what the person was saying the story was advocating against, when in reality we do the same thing as everyone else. Rely on and summon higher entities to fix our problems.

Okay actually, its better. The summons arent solving the problems in that context, but they support us.

The same could be said about religion.
It aids you, but only if you don't lose yourself in it and let it do EVERYTHING.

Thats my point.

[Lihtleita]

god killing is a time honored ff tradition

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

Eh. Religion will always have corruption. When you claim to be the voice of a deity you are placing yourself above your fellow man. Too often religious groups get away with a lot of horrid things because they happen to be the dominate religion of that area at the time.

Consider that Zues was once considered a True God. Yet nowadays? You would be laughed at if you said you worshipped Zues.