do ponies have a religion

[Daring_Do 552]

Seriously if Waddle is a minister that makes me rethink some stuff. I was going to have him as a character in a fic I'm planning. But then how do we do a minister character if there's no sign of religion or churches?! This probably falls under "taking the show too seriously". I could just drop him totally if need be, but I'd like to see if there's another way.

[Jammo 986]

Given how frequently they cite the mortal, harmable Celestia's name as an oath (Sweet Celestia) it could be seen as either hero worship, dogmatic conviction to a monarchy or even a personality cult.

 

The mysticism and myth of Equestria does tie into ponies lifestyles but tends to lean more to the esoteric style of spirituality.  I think this is because what's unknown is unknown but a lot of the questions people on Earth try to answer are absolutes in Equestria.  There is magic, miraculous things like ascension and celestial planes are confirmed to exist so a framework of belief exists because ponies see it.

Edited December 11, 2015 by Jammo

[MasterSpark95 430]

Well technically they're Christian since they now have an entire album dedicated to Christmas songs.

Fun fact: Christmas was originally a pagan holiday: http://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas

 

This thread is interesting, but I really don't think that we should take "the show too seriously" here,

since this thread already is kind of controversial.