Intergalactic Summit

As an Amarrian freedom fighter I get a lot of questions regarding the state of the Empire and it's apparent lack of evolution represented by their current belief in the practice of slavery. There is a universal set of moral standards. A way of treating others as one wishes to be treated. This code is as old as instincts in animals. A self preserving sense imparted and honed from birth by way of common sense, coexistence and survival.

These common traits valued in all living beings has been systematically removed from that of the common Amarr citizen. Shaping their religion to accommodate the government they put a face on God and without saying so directly made him an emperor.

The Amarr began their spiritual pursuits for enlightenment just like all nations of time and space, word of mouth. Something unexplainable, miracles and testaments proclaiming instances of infallible beauty witnessed or perceived became documented. Documents which allowed sooth sayers to forget or be forgotten leading to the construction of a religion.

Anarchy in Amarr Empire's highest echelons conspired to control Amarrians through undying loyalty using religion as a template. Placing an image of man as god the spirituality of the Amarr believer became humanized. The responsibility to become enlightened became entwined with the slaving of more spiritual belief systems. Thus the Minmatar peoples current predicament. The final product is a government which exalts man in the name of god under the doctrine of religion: A cult whose citizens are trapped in a web of faith encompassing patriotism and belief.

I dunno, his premise seems pretty rational to me.

Ms. Mai, why should we believe in your God? What reason do we have to accept the existence of your supposed deity?

That's two different questions, you know? The first question is difficult enough - why should you believe? Well, my beliefs tell me that if you don't not only believe in God, but accept His Will then you remain one of the Fallen and, upon your death, your soul is lost in the darkness forever. Of course, such an argument makes total sense to me - raised in the Amarrian Faith. I accept that when you don't already believe in God, then you probably don't believe you're one of the Fallen. In fact, such a belief is a primary definition OF the Fallen.

The second question is much easier. Why should you ACCEPT the existence of God? Well, God is the worship figure of the oldest and largest faith in New Eden. His Faith has united the Amarr and their client races and still unites the Empire today. Even when the Kingdom threw off Imperial Rule it did not throw off the Faith, and the Imperial version of the Faith is still the official orthodox version to this day - I hear it is even supplanting the Ammatar Church in the Ammatar Mandate.

All of that should, at least, win an acceptance of the possibility that He exists, no?

I often wondered if you get "God Loyalty Points" (GLP) for reclaiming slaves, what are the metrics for this? I assume after 10 generations of what you seem to think isn't control would rack up some serious "God Points" for you.

Is there a limit to those points where your God acknowledges that you have gain enough to cease subjugation? Or is your work never done? Seems like a massive grind to me, I hope the GLP Store has some useful items you can purchase, such as "Title of Saint" for 70 million points and 2000 dog tags.

It's just a shame, in this scenario, human beings have been reduced to nothing more than points, but I guess slavery is the only means for you.

The Matari were already free before they were enslaved. Can you provide me the contact details for your god, I think he/she/it needs to be made aware of this so he/she/it can amend your misguided scriptures.

Certainly, Astroyka. I can't imagine that the Church would resist an order from God Himself.

Directions? Okay. Find Amarr space. Look for an inhabited world and land at the major city. You need to find the BIG golden building. Head inside and take a seat. Close your eyes, try and calm your mind and pray.

Pilot Mai I'd offer a counter proposal; find a Matari world and seek out a shaman. Speak to him or her at some length about Matari spirituality. Keep an open mind, remain calm and then you'll see that we do have beliefs as to how the universe functions, our place in the universe, ideas of right and wrong, etc.

We are in fact a very spiritual people. We just don't accept your deity or your sovereign.

I would be very interested in doing so, not so much because I never believed the Matari were spiritual, but because my understanding of your beliefs is not very well defined.

Let me give it some thought and get back to you. I'm sure there's some neutral ground where we can meet.

Well I wouldn't say that but it could be something like that. I think it as a way to see if a person is wholly with God with it be words or faith.