I'm not sure who it is they are obeying, but it sure isn't the guy in the bible.
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Who would you suggest it is that they are obeying, Phreakwars?
There ultra-egos? There inner yang, perhaps?
Genuflecting to the east?
Oh, but you gotta have faith, right?
Faith in something rather intangible.
Something that you can never get to feel, taste, smell, or even smack?
Unless, of course, you keep praying, believing, genuflecting, and postulating until the day you die. Then, of course, there is no way to go back and tell anyone what a marvelous reward your life of sacrifice has granted you.
Seventy odd virgins ring any bells?
I'd take the virgins over a life at the feet of some vengeance-besotted Lord.
Drowned the whole earth to get rid of everyone that wasn't "worthy". Managed to keep the cockroaches, mosquitos, spiders and snakes on board.
Brilliant.