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2012/07/17 00:15:16
Subject: Vault of Origins
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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Pilau Rice wrote:if the Emperor returns, think of the affect it would have on the Church?
Their savior, back from the dead and walking once more amongst them, fighting again with righteous blade, proof that they were right to worship him.
They would fight stronger and harder than before if you ask me.
Untill he systematically starts to take apart there church and one by one execute or "disapear" the people who disagree with his idea of the imperium, i think he would allow the Ecclesiarchy to exist for a few centuries slowly taking the power away from them and reintroducing science as the best alternative (i.E imperial truth), untill such a time as they had no power and then just offed them, remember this is what he did on earth during the unification wars... destoyed or buried all religeon.
The big E was not a good guy by any means.
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2012/07/17 00:22:12
Subject: Vault of Origins
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
Thousand Sons Battleship wandering the galaxy...
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Formosa wrote:Pilau Rice wrote:if the Emperor returns, think of the affect it would have on the Church?
Their savior, back from the dead and walking once more amongst them, fighting again with righteous blade, proof that they were right to worship him.
They would fight stronger and harder than before if you ask me.
Untill he systematically starts to take apart there church and one by one execute or "disapear" the people who disagree with his idea of the imperium, i think he would allow the Ecclesiarchy to exist for a few centuries slowly taking the power away from them and reintroducing science as the best alternative (i.E imperial truth), untill such a time as they had no power and then just offed them, remember this is what he did on earth during the unification wars... destoyed or buried all religeon.
The big E was not a good guy by any means.
So...eventually we still get to burn Ophelia VII to the ground? And in the mean time we can amuse ourselves potting the odd priest here and there and saying they had 'accidents'? I can do that.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2012/07/17 00:35:08
Subject: Vault of Origins
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Hallowed Canoness
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Formosa wrote:The big E was not a good guy by any means.
He wasn't stupid either, though. If He can reform the Imperial faith in a way that it refers to the cause instead of the man, it could be a powerful tool to instill a sense of purpose and coherence. Basically, He'd make everyone slowly adopt the mindset the Space Marines have preserved for so long. By this time, the Imperial faith would merely resemble an extreme sense of nationalism/patriotism with some healthy xenophobia. The lines between devotion to a religion and devotion to a nation are blurred, and it all falls under "belief".
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2012/07/17 00:38:52
Subject: Vault of Origins
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Lynata wrote:Formosa wrote:The big E was not a good guy by any means.
He wasn't stupid either, though. If He can reform the Imperial faith in a way that it refers to the cause instead of the man, it could be a powerful tool to instill a sense of purpose and coherence. Basically, He'd make everyone slowly adopt the mindset the Space Marines have preserved for so long. By this time, the Imperial faith would merely resemble an extreme sense of nationalism/patriotism with some healthy xenophobia. The lines between devotion to a religion and devotion to a nation are blurred, and it all falls under "belief".
No burning of priests? Booo...
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2012/07/17 08:58:25
Subject: Vault of Origins
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Alluring Sorcerer of Slaanesh
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Formosa wrote:Pilau Rice wrote:if the Emperor returns, think of the affect it would have on the Church?
Their savior, back from the dead and walking once more amongst them, fighting again with righteous blade, proof that they were right to worship him.
They would fight stronger and harder than before if you ask me.
Untill he systematically starts to take apart there church and one by one execute or "disapear" the people who disagree with his idea of the imperium, i think he would allow the Ecclesiarchy to exist for a few centuries slowly taking the power away from them and reintroducing science as the best alternative (i.E imperial truth), untill such a time as they had no power and then just offed them, remember this is what he did on earth during the unification wars... destoyed or buried all religeon.
The big E was not a good guy by any means.
No, and I said as much earlier in the thread, my point was in answer to Tadashis previous post.
The Emperor is a bad guy, sure. But he is a pragmatist, he knows how to use the tools he has available to him at that given time. He has an infinite amount of time to end the church slowly and change it to what ever he wants, from the shadows, like he has always done.
Lynata wrote:Formosa wrote:The big E was not a good guy by any means.
He wasn't stupid either, though. If He can reform the Imperial faith in a way that it refers to the cause instead of the man, it could be a powerful tool to instill a sense of purpose and coherence. Basically, He'd make everyone slowly adopt the mindset the Space Marines have preserved for so long. By this time, the Imperial faith would merely resemble an extreme sense of nationalism/patriotism with some healthy xenophobia. The lines between devotion to a religion and devotion to a nation are blurred, and it all falls under "belief".
Right, if he went to stop it straight away he is going to fracture the already delicate Imperium and start another Heresy which if started by it's own creator, it wouldn't survive.
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