A Sermon for Galladel's Watch

-Cousin Caldor

I do welcome a day such as the one you suggest, it is not a strange thought to me. To add, it is not that I don't respect life under me, no it is that I do not respect life as it is. In showing all life no respect, I treat all equally. I in this instance, view myself on the same level at an ant, and as on the same level of your god. This is not to say I do not respect in general, I simply wander on a line of belief that tells me all things are equal. When I travel I most often do not ask directions, for my friends will show me the way. I do things for my gods, and expect favors in return. Even with this nether is demanding, and it creates more of a mutual relationship. This relation ship is stronger than trying to gain power from a life equal to your own by kneeling down and begging.

If one of my cousins where to die, I would be sad; If one of my gods where to die, I would not be any more sad than when it was my cousin. You have me wrong, that I think the gods see us as ants, I say when you "prey" you beg, and no one likes a beggar. To see someone as an ant is to see them as lesser than you, and I am sure that your god sees themselves wiser and more powerful than you, yes, or do you see yourself weaker and stupider? In this view I pity.

-Moostrav Poetrevski

Moonstrav,

When I pray, I ask. I do not beg. Do you beg when you ask a teacher to teach you something? Or an elder of your family to impart wisdom you don't have? Also, it is sad that you only do things for others when you expect things in return.

Also, yes, I do see myself as weaker and stupider than my god. I would hope so. I also happen to see myself as weaker than my wife, my brother, Lord Gideon, Quan Liu, Haroldson, and many others. I see myself as stupider than many... for example Belegchand, Almat, Tobias. Why wouldn't I? Are you so egotistical that you think noone and nothing is smarter or more powerful than you?

It doesn't seem so much that you walk a line where you respect everything, as if you walk a line where nothing matters but yourself. That would be a very sad life, if it is true.

And, who says nobody likes a beggar? I know some who are quite nice people. Many have amazing stories to tell. Some just need help so they do not have to beg further.

Caldor

Moostrav,

Perhaps your closest cousin ought teach you some respect.

Andrei,

If you're reading this, set him right. But, of course, do it with the compassion your goddess espouses.

With Enax's lead,
Datu Guo Chenjing

PS: I have been in a similar set of mind, and I was also set aright. But I was not that rude.

Cousin Caldor

Again you have me wrong, I am not important. Any one person is only as important as they make themselves to be to others. Still yet all are equal, I am not any superior to Cousin Chenjing or yourself.

The line I walk is not that nothing matters but myself, but that nothing rely matters unless it itself wants to.

Cousin Chenjing

I mean nothing rude or disrespectful to anyone here. Although I speak with certainty I acknowledge that these are my beliefs, and they may not be shared. I only speak to bring about conversation, for it is conversation my friend that lets us gain an understanding of one another. Admittedly It also helps pass the time before we may meet; will you be at the feast this coming moon? I do hope so, so we all may celebrate our lives we share together and not the deaths that plague our thoughts.


To the both of you

As I say all are equal; my view is,
I am no better than an ant; although I may step on one. In the same goes for the fact that a God is no better than I, although it may step on me. The ant may very well even step on the God, and make me irrelevant.

Where you may worship your god, I befriend mine, and i find this difference curios. I wish to ask that no one hold any grievances from these conversations that we may have, lets keep them religious, intellectual, and understandable. If I truly show anyone here disrespect I wish to be told of this; I feel as if I had not. The same goes for that I will say If any is shown to myself, although none has as of yet.

Does this make scene to you? I ask this out of clarity.


-Moostrav Potrevski

I think it's disrespectful to say that someone's God sees them as an ant. You don't know that unless the God told you. It's also disrespectful to say that the way someone else sees the world is sad just because it's not how you see the world. I think Mr. Potrevski means that no life is more important than any other, whether it's an ant, a person, or a god. And I think Mr. Caldor is saying that some people are smarter or stronger than others, so in that sense, they're not equal, and that it's okay and even wise to acknowledge when someone else knows better than you and there's no shame in asking for help and guidance. Neither idea is sad. They aren't even mutually exclusive (Hehe look! I used fancy words!) They’re just different ideas. All lives can still hold equal value while still having different strengths.

-Midori Suarez
Daughter of Mercy

That is a very agreeable observation Cousin Suarez. What would you say your view is on life; or even any matter of life? I ask this only to pose more conversation.

-Moostrav Potrevski