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Merdaneth
Amarr
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Posted - 2011.04.15 13:55:00 -
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A wise prophet once said:
"Where one sees madness in another, one should look in the mirror at one's own image before passing judgement."
If you let a matter so base as the replacement of a material thing like an Ark take precedence over the reparation of spiritual matters, you have lost your grasp on proper priorities.
Publicly supporting terrorists anti anti-Amarrian organizations is even more abhorrent. The enemy of our enemy is not our friend. Even if you consider PIE or CVA enemies of the Empire, that is no reason to encourage terrorists. We are not creatures of convenience, we are creatures of principle.
If you forgot even that Vaari, you are more lost than I thought.
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Merdaneth
Amarr
Angel Wing.
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Posted - 2011.04.15 14:55:00 -
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 Originally by: Vaari
Altough Imperial Pharmacy values spiritual life over material, we cannot live solely without material goods. Ark were our most important ship, and we want it back.
For forty millenniums we struggled in the desert.
Time of infinity to grief our misgivings.
Time of eternity to stray without God's guidance.
One can repent and pray for forgiveness.
But true meekness is one that has penetrated and laid its roots in the very heart of a man.
The stars above will not weep for us parting.
The air we breathe won't notice our disappearance.
The dirt of the earth will embrace our decadence.
Only in God can we thrive and grow.
Only God.
Kuria 4:23.
How long have you struggled Vaari? Is there true meekness in yourself? You seem to suggest you cannot live without your Ark? If so, why aren't you dead yet?
The reimbursement of your Ark is an insignificant issue. You insisitence on reimbursement and your current pre-occupation with material possesions (like a T2 BPO) should be an indication that you have strayed from the true path yourself.
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Merdaneth
Amarr
Angel Wing.
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Posted - 2011.04.15 17:16:00 -
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Originally by: Graelyn
The sheer amount of pandering I've seen my fellow Amarrians do towards this fool is truly embarrassing.
A willfull heretic should be killed.
A deranged fool can be saved.
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Merdaneth
Amarr
Angel Wing.
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Posted - 2011.04.16 09:09:00 -
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Originally by: Vaari
Merdaneth, I have never suggested I cannot live without our ark. I have said, we are not ready to negotiate anything with CVA or their allies until our Ark and its cargo is refunded to us.
Ark project was our corporation history longest project. Be built them by ourselves and were entirely made by Iphar. We do not forget the loss of such work. Nor we forgive.
If my corporation's longest project was suddenly destroyed by people I considered friends, then I would surely see it as a sign from Our Lord. I would wonder if He wanted to show me not to care too much about material possessions. Because the length or cost of any project is insignificant to the faith in Our Lord.
But rather than seeking fault in your own faith, you are now seeking fault in the faith of others. I consider it more likely that this was a sign of Our Lord to indicate your own failing, rather than a sign that CVA is corrupt. After all, you wouldn't have needed so strong a sign to take that position.
Turn inward, not outward. Consider the loss a blessing.
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Merdaneth
Amarr
Angel Wing.
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Posted - 2011.04.16 10:30:00 -
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Originally by: Vaari
Dark Tinator of the Nihilist whatever was considered enemy even before he destoroyed our ark. It was revealed long time ago, that he has seeked a way to harm us since he was exiled from the Imperial Pharmacy after failed rebellion.
Either you jumped in an Ark into a position where it could be destroyed by a known enemy, which makes you a fool
Or the Ark was unexpectedly attacked by people you considered friends, in which case I consider it a sign of God as explained above.
Either way, there is a lesson to be learned here by you.
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Merdaneth
Amarr
Angel Wing.
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Posted - 2011.04.16 11:18:00 -
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Originally by: Lyn Farel
Does that work in the opposite way too ? If for example a friend of the CVA destroyed an Ark of the CVA, would it be taken as a sign of God ? And then, the friends would not be put on the KOS list ? Or, if for example a friend (like a certain Ishukone alliance) decided to turn their back to the CVA and the amarrian bloc, would it be taken as a sign of God of their lack of openness ?
Signs from God are personal matters, it is up to Vaari to decide if it is a sign. However, I've known Vaari as a man concerning himself with mostly spiritual matters. Lately his public speeches seems more pre-occupied with matters of material wealth, like T2 BPOs and Arks. Vaari does not demand that from CVA that their less devout members come to mass more often, he demands financial recompense. Doesn't that seem odd for the self-styled leader of the church of Providence?
I have found myself that often just after I made a pridefull remark about my own combat ability, I would lose my ship in a humiliating matter, controls would suddenly lock up, I inexplicably forgot to recalibrate sensors etc. etc. I interpreted this as a sign from God to pay more attention to the virtue of humility.
In short: if there is an event that both surprises you and affects you strongly, than it would be wise to consider it a sign from God.
Setting someone KOS or not is a wholly unrelated matter. If some TLF warrior destroyed my ship while my controls would lock up, I would certainly not consider him some sort of agent of God exempt from retribution, I would merely think that God used him to give me a sign.
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