Arderich
Bruderschaft des Wahrhaftigen A.R.K.
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Posted - 2008.09.27 17:33:00 -
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A great introduction written by Gaven Lok'ri and surprisingly there is nothing I can criticize with the exception of a little statement that could mislead some readers. More on this later.
I think the interview with Grand Master Elata Ardo from the Tetrimon explains what the scriptures are very well.
Quote: The scriptures are not a single book, but are a great collection of works that have been gathered over many millennia. The earliest works are those which are the words of the Sefrim. These we held to be above reproach. Then over the years of our work, we have made every attempt to collect the works in an un-translated state. The writings were carefully protected and greatly valued, copies of the original writings were made in the most controlled atmosphere possible and imaginable and no translations, as such, hence, corruption from translation was non-existent. We do make translations for general use, but the originals are always kept. From these original works, we have then included those works by later prophets which made comment upon the core scriptures, those works which explained gave more depth to the scriptures. Many prophets have described how the put into practice the words of God, or have made comment on the history of the day. There have been some volumes that directly contradicted the earlier scriptures, and those we have held aside. This whole process is complicated by the fact that our scriptures cover many things. Only an Amarr truly understands what I mean, but the Scriptures are all - they are law, tradition, science, philosophy, history and prayer. There is no separation, but everything that a man need know is contained in the scriptures. It was the great preachers who made the word of God into medicines and machines, it was the word of God that revealed to the Amarr the way to the stars. Whereas your people took millennia to work out the secrets of physics and chemistry, God revealed them to us. But even so, many scriptures that we consider to be 'false', we still keep for reference sake. Any scriptures that refer to these false scriptures are considered suspect. Our task is slow and detailed. We cannot afford to make mistakes."
Now to my critic. If Gaven talks about 'Tetrimonic heresy' we should consider the background of Gaven and then view his statement within the right context. More about Tetrimon here.
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