Intergalactic Summit

Use the Scriptures as a guide, not doctrine: if you can't use your own discretion and think for yourself, how can you be subjective enough to be able to come to a reasonable solution to the problems inherent in the Minmatar-Amarr conflict? More importantly, if you can't allow yourself to use reasonable discretion and compromise on the goals of your Empire for the sake of what you truly believe is right, you will be toyed into doing the biddings of a government that will turn its back on its own people and commit genocide for power and wealth, in the name of the holy and divine. What hogwash. The only thing that is holy and divine is your individual, natural conscience: don't let it be corrupted by the lies of greedy social establishments. That an atrocity can be committed for the greater good is a lie.

Aside from the intellectually mendicant nature of adherence to Scripture, it's also pretty damn inconsistent. Is the acorn somehow better than the tree that it sprouts? Of course not. Let your conscience (and not the agendas, civil doctrine or synthetic ideals that all of the empires plant into the minds of their citizens: this corrupts your true conscience) be your only guide.

Don't do what your government tells you that God tells them is right, do what you think is right.

Oh dear. This won't end well.

It is Written.

How good for you that you think you know what is best for us. Funnily Amarrians are often criticized by your kind for having that same attitude towards others.

You are close to the truth, but it appears to still slip through your grasp. God's divine hand directs our conscience. As an Empire devoted to his will, our government, religion, and conscience are one.

Those that follow scripture blindly are sheep.

Those who study scripture and let it guide them are a whole other matter.

Blind faith is to be avoided. Belief can be admirable.

Incorrect. To you it is just a book. To the Amarr, it is something much more essential.

Do you say it's "just water"? Do you say it's "just oxygen"?

Speak to an Amarrian who has lost his or her faith some time. You will understand that the process of losing it was more painful than anything they have ever gone through.

Always worth finding out about the belief systems of others, regardless of your opinion of their truth. Especially wide spread ones. At the very least, it will inform you about those peoples motivations. It may even give you pointers about how to adjust your own.

Belief is the anchor-stone for life, be it a belief in religion, a nation, your fellow man, or science. Without it, you'll be adrift in the currents of life.

Every once in a while I check to see if Jason has suddenly developed the ability to contribute something valuable to a discussion.

I'll check again in a few months.

Who are you, and why are you interested in scripture since you obviously think its some sort of self-help book the Gallente use. I am here to tell you its nothing of the sort - it is truth, in a book.