Yes, that is a good point and I’m not trying to police anyone or say not to do it, I guess I’m just asking if things like a history of child rape should be taken into consideration when it comes to modern day veneration?
The problem is, you’ve set me up so that I’m fucked no matter how I answer this.
If I say that divination should always be done to see if the person desires hero cultus, then readers will construe it to mean I don’t care about the ethics of the person’s life, no matter how much of a snake pit they were. (See: child groupie culture and the apparent absence of any competent parenting there, the ethical problems of consent among a group of people who are heavily drugged–i.e. the rock stars in question, the ethical problems of consent among a group of people who are underage.)
If I say that yes, these ethical problems should be taken into account and people who were not ethically outstanding should not be venerated as powerful dead, then I’m discounting both a great portion of already-existing tradition in this religion AND any cases of divination that state the person DOES desire cultus. I mean there were heroes in the ancient world who were mass-murderers, and the only reason they were venerated was to keep them from continuing the trend from beyond the grave.
So, next question, please.
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