Paul is evangelizing the people of Athens by introducing Christianity not as a totally foreign set of ideas, but as the logical fulfillment of truths already grasped even among the gentiles, and in doing this he specifically says that the previous ignorance and idolatry of the gentiles in Athens will not be held against them. Paul lays that premise out explicitly in Romans 2:13-16. The gentiles are not responsible for their own ignorance, and it is right to acknowledge and build on what truths of God they have been able to grasp by reason, even when those truths can be mixed up with errors.
This is an extraordinarily important idea for Christian gamers playing in fantasy worlds–that God makes Himself known in imperfect, but true forms even among those who have not been gifted the specific Revelation of this world. It is the morally correct and righteous thing for those people to follow that natural revelation, as long as the actual revelation is unavailable to them (as it would be the average d20 fantasy world). A paladin or cleric of “the unknown God” or “the Creator” would be receiving empowerment and guidance from the Lord, even though they would not have our understanding of the being they worship.
This is an extraordinarily important idea for Christian gamers playing in fantasy worlds–that God makes Himself known in imperfect, but true forms even among those who have not been gifted the specific Revelation of this world. It is the morally correct and righteous thing for those people to follow that natural revelation, as long as the actual revelation is unavailable to them (as it would be the average d20 fantasy world). A paladin or cleric of “the unknown God” or “the Creator” would be receiving empowerment and guidance from the Lord, even though they would not have our understanding of the being they worship.
— Luke Navarro
, "A Paladin of the Unknown God"
, "A Paladin of the Unknown God"