Aunty Teinyhr's Minmatar Fiction Corner

The Renouncers

Many Minmatar spiritual beliefs include the idea that all spirits that people believe in are real in some sense, and incorporate the Amarr God as a spirit among spirits in their cosmologies. Sometimes he is depicted as an evil deceiver spirit, sometimes the Elder of the True Amarr people, sometimes a God gone mad, or the leader of Chaos trying to consume the world.

Renouncers are a version of Minmatar spirituality that includes the acknowledgement and subsequent renouncing / denial of the Amarr God in their rituals. This version of spirituality is a mix and match of original Minmatar beliefs, new beliefs born in slavery, and Amarr theology. In a reflection of the reality of persons in slavery and during the Rebellion, Renouncers believe that in some respects the Amarr religion is true and God indeed has some power over people and will reward those who serve HIm, but that the God is also evil or at least the wrong god for the Minmatar, and must be resisted even at the cost of risking his punishment.

Renouncers typically have an annually recurring ritual where the Renouncement is formally performed and membership in the clan/tribe renewed.

See Heathens and heretics - #40 by Cain_Aloga.

I now and forever renounce the Evil God
I will not obey His commands
I will not follow His followers
I will not fear His punishment

Let me live a dutiful life
Let me find my Fate and fulfill it
Let my ancestors smile when they see me
Today, and on the day of my death

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