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Scripture: In the Beginning...

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Nauplius
Hoi Andrapodistai
#1 - 2014-05-05 00:21:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Nauplius
In the beginning was the Blood. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the blood and said, “Let there be light”. And there was light. And God divided the light from the darkness and called the light Truth and the darkness Error. And the evening and the morning — the first day.

And God said, “Let the Blood be gathered together unto one place, and let two lands appear”. And it was so. And God called the one land Athra, and over it he set the light of Truth. And God called the other land Pator, and over it He set the darkness of Error. And the evening and the morning — the second day.

And God said, “Let the Blood bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that hath life”. And God created upon Athra noble beasts of slender limbs, sharp teeth, and grace and speed, and these He called Slaver Hounds. And God created upon Pator fetid beasts, blind and deaf and giving off toxic fumes and these He called Fedos. And the evening and the morning — the third day.

And God said, “Let there be Slaves”. And out of the dung of the Fedo, God formed the subhumans, demi-beasts of strange piercings and markings who cursed God, and these He called Minmatar. And the evening and the morning — the fourth day.

And God said, “Let us make the Chosen in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the Blood and the land and the moving creatures and the Slaves”. So in the image of God He created the Chosen; female and male He formed them from the Blood. And God said unto them, “Have ye dominion over the Minmatar and let them build for you cities and sacrifice ye them unto my glory”. And the Chosen He named Amarr. And the evening and the morning — the fifth day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the heavens to guide my Chosen to glory”. And He created Heidon, Misaba, the southern star Penirgman; yea, even distant Luminaire and Polaris He created, and all these He gave unto His Chosen for their birthright. And the evening and the morning — the sixth day.

And on the seventh day, God rested. But the Minmatar, the slaves, they did not rest but built for the Chosen the great golden towers of Eden, and through Eden placed God the river of Blood. And God said to the Chosen, “Of the Blood ye may freely drink, but of the Tree of Mercy ye shall not eat of it, for in the day that ye eat of it shall ye surely die”. And by day the Slaves built Eden for the Chosen, and by night the Slaves humbly offered themselves so that the Chosen would sacrifice them unto God.

But Molok the Deceiver was more subtle than any beast God had created, and he whispered to the woman, “If ye eat of the Tree of Mercy, ye shalt not surely die, but rather shall become like gods”. And the woman took of the fruit of the tree and did eat, and the man also. And straight away they felt Pity for the Minmatar slaves and desired that the slaves should not labor and be sacrificed any longer. And so they sent away the slaves to Pator.

And God knew that the Woman and Man had ceased offering sacrifices, because the smell of the burnt Minmatar had been a sweet smell to His nostrils. And unto them God said, “Because ye have eaten of the Tree of Mercy, cursed is this world for your sake. The river of Blood is made dry, and henceforth shall ye squeeze hard-won drops from your enemies. The Slaves shall rebel from you and do violence against you and draw blood from you, for blood ye are, and to blood ye shall return.”

And God said, “Behold, the Woman and the Man are become as us, to know mercy”. And God drove the Chosen from Eden and sundered all the world until it was truly changed and scattered the Slaves and the children of Men among the heavens. Amen. Amarr Victor.
Kei Sparrowhawk
True Ethics
#2 - 2014-05-05 02:45:15 UTC
Hmmm….interesting belief…….so your god is against mankind having mercy?
Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
Wild Geese.
#3 - 2014-05-05 02:57:47 UTC
If your god is against mercy, why are you showing mercy in trying to spare other peoples' souls from damnation? Doesn't that go against the beliefs your uh.... sharing?
Anslo
Scope Works
#4 - 2014-05-05 03:11:59 UTC
Something something anger and angst something something edge.

[center]-_For the Proveldtariat_/-[/center]

Shelby Dusette
Division 13
#5 - 2014-05-05 03:17:06 UTC
Anabella Rella
Gradient
Electus Matari
#6 - 2014-05-05 04:34:53 UTC
And on the final day the evil god created the mentally unbalanced and named their leader Nauplius of the tiny Endowment.

Amen. Matar Victor!

When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.

Nauplius
Hoi Andrapodistai
#7 - 2014-05-05 11:39:36 UTC
Kei Sparrowhawk wrote:
Hmmm….interesting belief…….so your god is against mankind having mercy?


Yes. The Chosen were meant to enjoy the labors of the Slaves and sacrifice them unto a holy and righteous God without ever questioning the revealed will of God in these matters.
Nauplius
Hoi Andrapodistai
#8 - 2014-05-05 11:41:21 UTC
Deitra Vess wrote:
If your god is against mercy, why are you showing mercy in trying to spare other peoples' souls from damnation? Doesn't that go against the beliefs your uh.... sharing?


I feel the commandment of God to preach; it concerns me not whether anyone obeys, for all shall glorify God either in their obedience or in their destruction.
Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
Wild Geese.
#9 - 2014-05-05 12:37:07 UTC
Hmm, can't really argue with that logic...
Graelyn
Aeternus Command Academy
#10 - 2014-05-05 13:50:15 UTC
*snort* Writing your own scripture now?

I'm sure it will provide succor and comfort to your Flock of One.

Cardinal Graelyn

Amarr Loyalist of the Year - YC113

Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#11 - 2014-05-05 15:42:20 UTC
Athra was settled AD 8061. About eight thousand years later, the First Amarr Emperor was crowned in AD 16470. The first contact between the Amarr and Minmater was AD 22355, about six thousand years later. Your little made up story for edgy young adult Blooders who like brooding and pouting makes no sense or did you mean it alleghorically only?
Claudia Osyn
Non-Hostile Target
Wild Geese.
#12 - 2014-05-05 15:57:52 UTC
My God, all these years.... I never knew. I mean, it all makes sense now. How could we have been so blind?Roll

A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.

Andreus Ixiris
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2014-05-05 16:36:07 UTC
Anslo wrote:
Something something anger and angst something something edge.

Check your privilEDGE.

Andreus Ixiris > A Civire without a chin is barely a Civire at all.

Pieter Tuulinen > He'd be Civirely disadvantaged, Andreus.

Andreus Ixiris > ...

Andreus Ixiris > This is why we're at war.

Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#14 - 2014-05-05 16:53:34 UTC
And on the Last Day did God create the Caldari - but unlike the Chosen and the Slaves they were not complete at the hour of their making. Set them He upon the cold world that would bear their name and also set He the Winds to test them and the Snows to take the weak amongst them.

And upon the Day that the Chosen should set their hand against them, they wouldst surely perish in great numbers, for they are hard and cold as the snows from whence they come and the smell of missile fuel is sweet to them, and also the sound of cracking armour.

And so let the Chosen be warned, lest they be chosen amongst the Slain - for it is not given only to God to choose.

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.

Nauplius
Hoi Andrapodistai
#15 - 2014-05-05 16:57:41 UTC
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:
Athra was settled AD 8061. About eight thousand years later, the First Amarr Emperor was crowned in AD 16470. The first contact between the Amarr and Minmater was AD 22355, about six thousand years later. Your little made up story for edgy young adult Blooders who like brooding and pouting makes no sense or did you mean it alleghorically only?


I believe that the last paragraph with its reference to scattering addresses your concerns.
Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour
#16 - 2014-05-05 17:00:24 UTC
This Article has a Number of Conflicts with the Scriptures that I am Familiar with.

I have already Proven the Truth of the Scriptures that I am Familiar With.

So, Unless some Evidence of the Truth of this Article is Demonstrated, then I have no Option but to Consider the Article a work of Heresy and/or Blasphemy.

Blasphemy attracts the Wrath of God.

Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.

It is Written.

Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#17 - 2014-05-05 17:01:47 UTC
Excuse me while I fart in this thread.

Ptptptptptttttttth

PHBBTTB!

-Eran
Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour
#18 - 2014-05-05 17:17:50 UTC
Eran Mintor wrote:
Excuse me while I fart in this thread.

Ptptptptptttttttth

PHBBTTB!

-Eran


You are a Rude Man.

I refuse to Excuse this Rude Behaviour.

Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.

It is Written.

Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#19 - 2014-05-05 17:21:55 UTC
Eran Mintor wrote:
Excuse me while I fart in this thread.

Ptptptptptttttttth

PHBBTTB!

-Eran


You filthy heretical mudchild, you.

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.

Wendrika
Doomheim
#20 - 2014-05-05 18:31:43 UTC
Silly Mister Nauplius being his usual mean and grumpy self. All the solace I have is that while he is writting these essays, he is not killing innocents here and there. That counts for something, right?
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