Of course it matters. Whether or not you follow any particular god or gods, you seem to be carrying a fairly broad definition of what makes one. I don't hold that other people's beliefs must define my own-- Andraste was undoubtedly a charismatic and much-beloved leader. Her faith, and the faith of those like her, is a powerful thing, no can deny that... but that doesn't mean it's based on truth. Nor does it mean that I have to agree with any of it.

Of the Tevinter traditions, I know only a little, and most of that highly skewed by its sources. One can hardly expect accurate information from an enemy, hm?

[Though at the last, he snorts. Like the 'absent Circles,' was it? Well.]

No. The Force is not an organization, like the Circles, or a... school of thought. You seem curious.