[10:57 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: A bit of a radical opinion here but i think in most cases of things like this, whether something is "real" or "not real" doesn't matter at all, what matters is whether it's useful, helpful, or even just comforting or fun to the person in question (as long as it's not hurting anyone else, of course)
[10:57 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: honestly that's kind of the core of our spirituality
[10:58 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: we don't know whether the things we believe in are true or false, but it's helpful and makes the world feel more comforting to think they are, so we choose to think they are
[10:59 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: whether they are or not (talking about our own spirituality here, not spirituality in general) doesn't ultimately matter compared to the effect that treating them as real has on our psyche
[11:00 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: hell, we don't even have names for the things we believe in or even any set-in-stone set of beliefs, just. it helps to be mindful of the world around you and animism always feels nice
[11:01 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: it's... Important to be respectful of things, even inanimate things, I guess, is the core of our belief system
[11:02 AM] Felþry of the Hearth: Not out of any belief that they'll pay you back or do something for you that they wouldn't otherwise, just that they're inherently deserving of respect and shouldn't be wasted