Intergalactic Summit

One of the greatest questions we can ask ourselves is “why are we here?” God created humanity with a place and purpose; God created this universe for humanity. We Sanist have a clear understanding of our purpose, and this drives us to prove our worth.

God is the supreme creator of all. He created this incredibly complex system that we call the universe and our species for a reason. For thousands of years prophets and Scriptures have been clear: we are not here by accident.

Some weak willed fools say God values submission and humility; that God values service and supplication. Those who kneel are saved, but is this what God wants? Why would God want more servants? Servants and slaves are easy for Him to make. We’ve seen the Sefrim. Those are God’s servants. Those are God’s slaves, and they are far better at that than we could ever be. Why then would God duplicate his efforts?

If God wanted servants, he doesn’t need to create this universe, the most complicated system, to get servants. God has created servants from whole cloth in His realm. There’s no intermediary step needed.

God wants something else. Something that He cannot create from scratch. Something that takes intermediary steps. It is not servants or slaves the Creator seeks. It is companions the Creator seeks. God wants those that create. God wants those that excel. God wants the strong, like Him.

To create something complex like a fusion reactor, we have to make the tools, to make the tools, to make the tools, and so on before we can actually assemble such a device. The same is true with the universe and humanity. To create beings worthy of companionship with the Almighty God is incredibly difficult, requiring intermediate steps, and a complex filtering system that we call the universe. Most of humanity doesn’t make the cut through quality control, as it were. Most of humanity is discarded.

This life is a test, a test to prove our worthiness, to prove that we deserve Paradise and communion with God. This is the core of the Sani faith. Not everyone will reach Paradise. This is why we don’t believe in a forced conversion; it is useless.

Our use of blood is two fold. The first is cultural.

By wearing a vial of blood around my neck, I show that I am a member of the Blood Faith, in the same way that my vestments mark me as a priestess. It is a way for Sanists to identify one another. It is a reminder of our beliefs, our faith, and that our test is every day. The blood motif is so prevalent among Sanists for cultural reasons, not spiritual.

The second use of blood is spiritual.

I will speak here on my sect, the Ordo Sani Calix. At mass, we offer up a sacrifice to God, as close to a pure unblemished sacrifice as we can find. Their death is a show of our strength, an offering to the Lord, and our source of blood. Their blood, as pure as it is, washes away any blemish that we might have. All the congregation drinks of this blood, partaking in the sacrifice and ritual. It is our communion with God and each other.

This is the spiritual purpose for blood. God has told us what He wants from us, and we show our agreement with Him by this rite.

As to those we sacrifice to the Lord, I view it as a mercy. For their young soul is taken to Paradise to join a cherubic choir. They will not be companions of the Lord, but they are not discarded as chaff. As most will never enter Paradise, this is really the best they can hope for.

For those that are Sani: be the best you can be. God wants the best: the best singers, the best painters, the best scientist, the smartest, the strongest. God wants the best mathematicians, the best warriors. He wants the clever, the cunning. He wants the wise and intelligent. Whatever you do, do it well and prove your worth.

God seeks companions for Him for eternity. Ensuring those companions are compatible would be important. Our lives are a test and God is the final arbitrator.

I like sugar cookies.

I think that you've failed to read pretty much everything I wrote.

Individuality and distinctiveness are a benefit, not a detriment, to Sanists.

if i shoot you in the face will i get a skin , maby a hat?

To be fair, I'd shoot a lot of people in the face for a nice hat.

'God' is a mere figurehead created by primitive humans unable to explain their origins and other natural phenomena before logic and reason could. An obsolete concept.



Synthetics are the answer to that statement. A race that has evolved itself beyond the shortcomings of humanity. There is one creed: logic and science, that which empowers us to make decisions. There is no want, for everything exists in the whole Collective. There is no fear, no love, no anger. Everything is done with cold logic.



True.

Not to put too fine a point on it, Utari, but... she never said the sacrifices in her sect were unwilling. If it's someone offering themselves up, then it's hardly murder.

She's a Sanist. Of course it's unwilling. Their whole faith is about the power in taking.

Sanists are monsters, and there's no argument they can make to convince otherwise.