Greetings from the Order and Ordinance. We rejoin again on this Sacred Day to speak on the topic of Life and Free Will, Her Majesty’s attributes. Sadly, we are joining today in a time consumed by the evils of Deceptuary’s corruption, with incidents across the world and even in our own headquartered region taking place and taking lives. As all Xyphoites shall know, Life is a gift bestowed to us by Lord Kyaien, and to take it through belligerent force constitutes one of the greatest sins a mortal can commit. May there be peace, purity, and rest for the innocent, and may there be nothing but Divine and Wrathful Punishment for the evil that dares to take this gift away.
With that said, we can segway into the topic at hand, chosen for the various timely circumstances, in which we have witnesses the vile forces of evil defile the gift of Life and take it away. So then, we propose a question to be answered for those who may be confused at times such as this: Why does evil not value Life? Why is it that corrupted, tainted, evil and theigrited forces not value the gift of Life? That answer, according to the Philosophy, is quite simple.
Deceptuary himself does not value anything but himself. As was apparent from the start of his vandalism, the Theigriet has no Love for others. A being consumed by his own attributes to the point that he fears his own existence waning despite being a deity, Deceptuary corrupted attributes themselves are the reason why he does not care for much of anything outside of his own Self.
It goes without saying that this would translate to his own corruption—a force that plagues our very world with acute infliction. Those consumed by corruption and succumbing to evil Wills shall give no care to others over their own selfish goals. This goes as far as putting one’s evil Wills above their own self-preservation, such is the case with those that commit heinous acts of violence fully understanding that they will die in the process. Evil is callous, evil is petty, evil does not value anything aside from inflicting suffering, and therefore evil does not value Life.
As we mentioned last time, Free Will gives all beings the power to enact their own decisions and pick their paths, and so the potential for beings to pick dubious paths is a reality of existence—particularly since the previous Divergence has been defiled as corruption. It is the duty of the Order and Ordinance to mitigate the suffering caused by this corruption, and we do this by setting up the conditions for evil to undo itself through its own Hubris.
The Theigriet is petty, the Theigriet is arrogant, and the Theigriet is fearful, and so he relays all of those faults to his captured servants—to those who carry out heinous, abhorrent, and violent acts of evil. A being of such deity status egging on such destruction could do so through a lack of Love and an infliction of fear, of which Deceptuary embodies both.
I had hoped to speak about more enlightened and cheery topics this Sacred Day, but this a reminder that we are categorized under Yrridthmas for a reason, and that the squirming of evil in its final stand is upon us. We at the Ordinance pray to you all, for you shall have safety and security, and that you RESIST the evil that infests these worlds, just as the Ordinance RESISTS and REPELS such evil. Today is a day both of mourning but also a day of RESISTENCE. To our dedicated followers, the Xyphoites, you shall conduct yourself accordingly to the Philosophy and the echelon of Yrridthmas, and can refer to my college Rux’s series of Commentary this year on Actions against Evil for how to do so.
We shall conclude here for now. Have a safe rest of your Sacred Day.
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