CrosshairCollie

Cockblocked!

I shouldn't have laughed at this--but I did.
 

I generally use the Eberron approach ... the gods might or might not exist, there's no way to prove it one way or another.  There's simply no evidence.  Faith is what powers divine magic, and it doesn't have to be faith in a god, one can have faith in justice or worship the sun directly instead of a sun god and get just as much divine power as an adherent to an established religion (in the words of Eberron's creator, Keith Baker, if you believe strongly enough in your left shoe, your left shoe will grant you divine powers).  This also means that so long as you *think* what you're doing supports your god's agenda, your abilities will function perfectly.
 
If I don't do that, I just go with 'there are no gods', and religion operates the same in the game world as it does in the real world.  Since I don't need to worry about D&D's divine/arcane magic identity issues (there's no bloody reason wizards can't cast healing spells), it's not anything I have to account for.

I generally use the Eberron approach ... the gods might or might not exist, there's no way to prove it one way or another.  There's simply no evidence.  Faith is what powers divine magic, and it doesn't have to be faith in a god, one can have faith in justice or worship the sun directly instead of a sun god and get just as much divine power as an adherent to an established religion (in the words of Eberron's creator, Keith Baker, if you believe strongly enough in your left shoe, your left shoe will grant you divine powers).  This also means that so long as you *think* what you're doing supports your god's agenda, your abilities will function perfectly.
 
If I don't do that, I just go with 'there are no gods', and religion operates the same in the game world as it does in the real world.  Since I don't need to worry about D&D's divine/arcane magic identity issues (there's no bloody reason wizards can't cast healing spells), it's not anything I have to account for.

To my reckoning, even if Trump isn't impeached, we need enough solid, foolproof evidence of Trump's ... indiscretions that even if he's not impeached or convicted, it's painfully obvious to the American voting public that the Republicans who vote against impeaching/convicting are complicit with his crimes and won't get re-elected.  That would at least be something of a victory.
 
Unfortunately, nobody ever lost money betting on the stupidity of the average American voter.

On the other hand ... (the one in the back is like 'Dammit, Carl, we're supposed to be majestic and s**t, stop f***ing around.")

"Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people."

"Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people."

Also, appealing to people's fears is more effective than appealing to either their hopes or their reason.