Quote from: Severian on April 10, 2013, 07:54:12 AM

There's a reason I didn't quote those parts of the fables.

There is more to it. Mankind is at war with Nature; humans have endured a lot during their evolution. From their awakening to sentience, and mostly during the Ice Age, it is a history of pain. Buried down in the subconsciousnesses. God (thou it doesn't exist, and even if it did) is a symbol of nature, and the desire of vengeance must satiated. Yet mankind can't strike at God. But whenever someone takes upon themselves to be the chosen or children of God (or even followers/worshipers), the opportunity shows itself to send a message to God or the void.

This is what happened to Louis XVI, during the French Revolution; they couldn't kill God, so they killed Louis. Same with the Czar. And now I will sound callous: This is what happened to the Jews during WWII. These weren't the world bankers - "International Jewry" - Hitler was raving about. These were the "chosen people of God"!

But they didn't understand, nor learned their lesson. They went to the accursed holy land, which was occupied by another people of God. And a new drama ensued. Mind you, the whole land could be rendered unholy, by destroying the holy sites; building orphanages or night clubs instead; peace could be achieved in time.

Short story: We hate God, and God hates you! So why not drink, be merry, fornicate, and eat some pork? And let the name of Yahweh/Jesus/Allah/Zeus/Brahma/Krishna/etc be forever accursed.

For a funny/sad note, lookup the etymology of the word "holocaust", and tell me you can't make a connection to all those lambs.