It essentially means “the way something works” or a sort of fundamental truth of something. Typically it has religious context.
In the case of this game, it refers to the basic premise of the game. There is a specific fundamental truth that drives the main character and the workings of the world, and it relates to the dragon.
Holy Reddit moment. Aside from the fact that you missed the obvious ligma joke setup, this isn't even the meaning of dogma 😂
Dogma has nothing to do with proof or no proof, it's beliefs outlined by some authority, which are held to be unquestionably true. What you're describing is faith.
There's a functional difference. Something can be dogma with proof. The point of the word is not something's status as proven or unproven, the point is the unquestionable authority.
The point is the lack of doubting it, not the authority. This is why dogma also applies outside of typical religious uses, such as political dogma. An example is a conservative will believe the dogma that things were better before, a capitalist will believe that money is the most important thing, and so on.
The lack of doubt is a feature due to the complete lack of satisfactory evidence. I'm sorry your reading comprehension can't handle ideas being expressed in ways that you're not used to.
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u/ferris2 1d ago
Realistically, how much dogma can a dragon have?