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 Madoch1 wrote:
Yeah the star child is a bit "deus es machina" for 40k but the ordo Hydra is still an interesting plot piece. It could be that machine spirits have a negative warp presence like the Cullexus assassin, sisters of silence, pariah gene carrying people. They all have a warp presence but it is a void rather than a flame.

I think you mean a "neutral" warp presence, or at least, whatever's in between the void of pariah-gened humans (which Culexus and SoS are drawn from I think?) and presence-positive individuals (almost every other living thing out there), but yeah. This is a possibility given that daemons can "possess" wargear and machinery too, which indicates the presence of something in the warp in order for them to take over.

 Madoch1 wrote:

Warhammer 40k, teaching your kids philosophy and moral debate since 2000.

And how to be a lawyer via rules lawyering.

 Enigwolf wrote:
Exalting this thread, because the last couple of posts just made me crack up non-stop for a good half a minute.

You obviously haven't seen the Dominatrix Thread.

 Verviedi wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:
Exalting this thread, because the last couple of posts just made me crack up non-stop for a good half a minute.

You obviously haven't seen the Dominatrix Thread.

Holy gak. That made my day. My cheeks are still hurting.

 Enigwolf wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:
Exalting this thread, because the last couple of posts just made me crack up non-stop for a good half a minute.

You obviously haven't seen the Dominatrix Thread.

Holy gak. That made my day. My cheeks are still hurting.

*Takes a theatrical bow*

My pleasure. Somehow, I was not banned.

 Verviedi wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:
Exalting this thread, because the last couple of posts just made me crack up non-stop for a good half a minute.

You obviously haven't seen the Dominatrix Thread.

Warhammer 40k, teaching your kids what you won't since 2015. Best out of control thread ever. Lol

Rule one of being a MOD. Never let your users know when you sleep.

 Enigwolf wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:
Exalting this thread, because the last couple of posts just made me crack up non-stop for a good half a minute.

You obviously haven't seen the Dominatrix Thread.

Holy gak. That made my day. My cheeks are still hurting.

Which cheeks, exactly?

On topic. I'd think any 'god' made by emotion or by whatever material influence would have already been made by now.

Emperor still hasn't ascended to actual godhood.

Maybe the Guardian of the Dragon has a similar effect?

Or has he?

Someone powers the Living Saints. Someone created the Storm of the Emperor's Wrath. Someone powers the Acts of Faith of the Sisters of Battle.

Depending on your interpretation of the AoF system...

Anyway, as far as the Omnissiah/Machine God goes, I understand it is something like the Christ story - Jesus is the son of god, and he's also god's mortal incarnation. He exists as both an omnipresent divine entity and a mortal semidivine entity at the same time, and once the mortal semidivine dies, he becomes two divine entities at the same time who are also the same being (there is only one god, but he's a trinity of three divine figures).

If you look at it that way - the Machine God is the father, the Omnissiah is the son, and the Emperor is the holy spirit. And the son. Because he hasn't resurrected and died again yet.

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Depending on your interpretation of the AoF system...

Anyway, as far as the Omnissiah/Machine God goes, I understand it is something like the Christ story - Jesus is the son of god, and he's also god's mortal incarnation. He exists as both an omnipresent divine entity and a mortal semidivine entity at the same time, and once the mortal semidivine dies, he becomes two divine entities at the same time who are also the same being (there is only one god, but he's a trinity of three divine figures).

If you look at it that way - the Machine God is the father, the Omnissiah is the son, and the Emperor is the holy spirit. And the son. Because he hasn't resurrected and died again yet.

Apt comparison, very accurate. I always thought the Omnissiah was viewed as the "equal" visage of the God-Emperor, but the Taranis story during the early days of the Great Crusade lends more credence to the Omnissiah being the "son".

My personal opinion of the Storm of the Emperor was that it could very well be Tzeentch's influence, for all one knows. Or something the Eldar did. Or chance, really. Because gak happens when you least expect it.

Perhaps, but it was awfully coincidental to devour Vandire's fleet launched against Sebastian Thor.