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Souvera Corvus
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Posted - 2007.01.22 11:27:00 -
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With the emphahsis on death rather than glory I trust.
I always find it interesting to find that that those who hold that they are in possession of the greatest gift their deity can bestow, life, should be so fervent in their desire to throw it away in his name. The Amarr of course are adherent to a policy of slavery that they have somehow managed incorporate into their peverse state-sponsored cult that masquerades as religion.
This aspect of the Amarrian culture always leaves one breathless in the audacity of it's leaps of reason. Reason and state organised religion have always been uncomfortable bedfellows of course and it's no more apparent than in the ridiculous notion (It would be were it not so tragic) that enlightenment can only come through subjugation rather than reason or even some kind of divine epiphany.
It's redolent of some of the more primitive human cultures of ages past and has no place in this age of achievment.
There is nothing more tragic of course than those who would seek not only to enslave their fellow man, but even those who share a common cultural and genetic heritage.
Truly lost souls. If there are any Intaki amongst Delictum 23216 I would ask that they declare themselves and explain exactly how they have come to share in this sordid travesty of an adventure.
Should they do so I shall respond at length.
In the meantime I would advise those more enthusiastic members of Delictum to be careful in what they wish for.
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Posted - 2007.01.23 00:27:00 -
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But in the end we do not need God to show the universe the virtue of his works and those ways he has deemed to be good, because the virtue and goodness in his works is self-evident to all those who truly understand them.
If it's self-evident, why is it necessary for you to enslave others to engender this true understanding?
Who decides that which represents true understanding? Would that be God or you? The problem with state sponsored, organised religion is that it often ends up putting someone in the place of God.
I'm sure you'll agree that this is not a good idea.
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Posted - 2007.01.23 02:07:00 -
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Time living a life that you feel is unjust and confusing, until the day (or week, or year or decade) where you have your revelation. The day where all the facts fall into place and you realize how everything works. It may be in a brief moment of god-inspired revelation. It may be the result of a long quest after finding some piece of what you thought to be true, and an axiom, not quite so certain.
So presumably, if the subject were to offer the opinion that their lives weren't filled with injustice or confusion and that they were happy with the world and their place in it, you would see no need for them to abrogate their rights by entering slavery in the pursuit of what you would see as enlightenment?
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Sometimes a person will find that truth before they enter slavery, and will (when they realise what the Amarr empire truly stands for) seek out an Embassy and put themselves into slavery so that they may work for the glory of the Amarr empire (and quite possibly being released within a fairly short time as a worthy citizen of Amarr). The Ni-Kunni were easy to convert, as were the Udorians, while the Matari and Ealurians have proven to be quite stubborn (though we're making progress in both cases, having formed the Ammatar mandate for example).
If they have found what you consider to be the truth and stand equal in the sight of your deity, then what is to be gained by pressing them into slavery? Why could they not then enter the ranks of Amarr citizenry?
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Posted - 2007.01.25 00:07:00 -
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Presumably, you feel that one of life's greater virtues is the enslavement of one's kin?
The greater shame lies with you I think.
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