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feotakahari) wrote2023-03-21 11:43 am
feotakahari) wrote2023-03-21 11:43 am
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Still reading Angel in the Whirlwind. In this setting, the Believers seem to be the last remaining Abrahamic religion. People in the Commonwealth make occasional Christian references (see title), but it’s like an American making references to Greek mythology. It’s no longer a major presence as something people actively follow.
The Believers argue that those who came before them all fell into the trap of expecting God to bless and protect them for their faith alone. (Which doesn’t sound to me like a Jewish thing at all, but whatever.) The Believers say that you need to act in your own defense, not just hope God will handle everything.
They started a war without being ready for it, because they thought it was what God wanted. They’re steadily losing, but they’re having a hard time admitting it, because God wouldn’t let them fail, would he? They never really internalized the lesson, and thus does history repeat.
The Believers argue that those who came before them all fell into the trap of expecting God to bless and protect them for their faith alone. (Which doesn’t sound to me like a Jewish thing at all, but whatever.) The Believers say that you need to act in your own defense, not just hope God will handle everything.
They started a war without being ready for it, because they thought it was what God wanted. They’re steadily losing, but they’re having a hard time admitting it, because God wouldn’t let them fail, would he? They never really internalized the lesson, and thus does history repeat.