Good and Evil, light and dark
The purpose of this missive is to highlight the difference between 'good'
and 'light'. Corwen - High Clerist
Long has Evil tried to portray a rigid 'light' at war with a
misunderstood 'dark'. They seek to distance themselves from Evil, because
Evil is unpalatable.
Make no mistake, this is not a war between light and dark, red and blue or
apples and oranges.
Good worships the moral Gods of Good who would have us make Algoron a better
place for others. Evil worships the wicked Gods of Evil who think of gain
at the expense of others.
Good aspires to honor, healing, peace, love and happiness.
Evil seeks murder, disease, decay, mischief, vengeance and rage.
The reason we fight this war of ideology is to see the principles of Good
prevail, and the principles of Evil fall.
So please, do not reference Good as the 'light', and Evil as 'darkness'.
That only helps maintain Evil's illusion that there is no moral and ethical
ideology. For Good, this is what it is all about.
We follow Gods of Good. Their intentions are Good, they aspire to be
benevolent, ethical and moral. We can understand this because of the
principles that they are devoted to, and in turn so are we.
Long ago, the forces of Evil were struggling and there was an effort to gain
more followers. They sought to make their appeal more wide reaching, and
they saw how the principles of our Gods were inspiring our following and
sought to emulate it.
Their own followers were lying, cheating and stealing. Some decided to no
longer call themselves Evil, and called themselves the "Darkness" and us the
"Light".
They did this in order to remove themselves from the principles of Evil,
Disease, Rage, Murder and Deceit upon which their Gods are founded and claim
that they were now principled people of the "Dark" who believed in Good,
Honor and Love.
Needless to say, they are quite confused, and if they thought about it for a
moment and were sincere in these intentions, then they would recant their
faith to their Gods of Evil and follow a God of Good which represented the
principles they claim to stand for.
They use this as a tool to struggle to maintain the Unity which their
natures are naturally opposed to, which is essential for their shared
success.
We of Good are principled people who respect and aspire to the principles
which our Gods stand for.
Yet there are those of Good who have heard the forces of Evil speak of
"Darkness" so much, they have reverted to the use of "light" to represent
the principles of our Gods. This is understandable, because of the rate of
rhetoric that Evil presents us with to try to convince us that they are a
greater good than us, ignoring what their own Gods stand for.
The purpose of this missive is to remind us that we are Good, because we
aspire to the principles of the Gods we follow. To say that we are
followers of 'light' or even 'blue' does not represent the principles of our
Gods, and plays into the hands of Evil who claim there is no difference.
The very reason we chose our Gods was the principles they stand for. Thus
can we be assured of the sincerity of our beliefs.
Austinian is the Father of Good. His wife and children embody the key
principles of Good. This means something, something which Evil lacks. To
claim this for 'light' misses the point of the principles they stand for.
So be mindful of these points in a discussion of faith, a sermon of love, a
philosophical point of truth, or an act of compassion. Good is our
all-encompassing principle.
Be mindful that to refer to 'Good' as 'light' only furthers their own agenda
and forsakes our own.
Let Evil continue to act in Good ways, it only embeds our principles and
furthers our cause. One day they may understand the inconsistency of their
position.
For those who do not, then I am certain that the Evil gods to whom the
principles which they choose to ignore will punish them for it in a manner
which one would expect of Evil.
But for now, I encourage you to continue following the principles of our
Good Gods, and that those principles inspire you as much today as the day
you made your decision.
I leave you with the Parable of Two Divine Councils, which is an allegory of
the above thinking.
Corwen, High Clerist.