#but blatant obvious answers aside you *don't* want a religion where the god is active and actually smites people do you???

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#‘hey why do people follow a religion when there’s no evidence those gods are real??’ baby use your brain for a minute #almost everyone in the world is religious in some form - are there any signs their religious figures and deities are explicitly real? no (via @asoiastarks)

#my favorite part is the fact that sometimes shit DOES happen but it happens with such a wide variety of different faiths #so you don't know what to believe but ultimately it doesn't matter because we the reader see that there are several gods answering #and also you can make the argument that the many faced god and the seven are real because of this. but that doesn't even matter #bc just like the monarchy the name of the religion doesn't matter. the thing you worship doesn't matter. #it's just faith and belief and an idea! it doesn't matter yay!! (via @ropertplant)

#maybe the seven were the friends we made along the way #but yeah they technically are real and show their power pretty much all the time #the seven are human’s facets and virtues that live inside them #the mother is alive in every woman protecting her children #the smith is in every man who works hard to feed and care for his family #the warrior lives on brienne and jaime and everyone championing for the weak #much better than fire sacrifices and drowning rituals if you ask me (via @sunnysideaeggs)

funniest criticism of asoiaf worldbuilding is ‘why would anyone follow the faith of the seven? its obviously the worst of the religions theres no evidence the seven are even real theyve never done anything’ i dont think you understand how religions work. yeahh good point why do most respectable southern families follow the closest one to a state religion based in the capital the one kings are anointed by the one they were baptised into instead of the drowned god or rhollor. use your head for a second