Kingdom of God: A Quest of Holy Revolution

[X] Shadows Below the Pedestal. On the falsely laid expectations of the husband and wife, and the burdens they do bring.
[X] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.

EDIT: Changed this vote to synergise with Incharity


[X] The Incharity of Man and the Woe of Woman. On the inequalities in wage and respect that pull women to the darkness.

This, on the other hand, is I think an important fundament of feminist theology. I won't be upset if it fails because, again, these are all important, I just think this is the most important.


[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.

More peasant uprisings. There haven't been enough peasant uprisings.


[X] Elevation. Vashti is a prophet only insofar as she has been elevated by the people of the Ischak, and as such she is granted greater access to the Spiral of Truth by her elevation! [Available as a syncretic option of Transmigration + Accelerant + Pugilist origin].
[X] Ravhood. Vashti is a Rav, whose righteousness substitutes for study! [Available because of your Fundament Sayings of Guru Myriam].

EDIT: I've changed this vote to Elevation to encourage populism. Further edited to restore the Ravhood vote in addition.

[X] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.
[X] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.
[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to transcend her local origins.
[X] Incarnation. Vashti is an incarnation of the original Prophet Vashti! [Available because of your Fundament Transmigration].

[X] Shadows Below the Pedestal. On the falsely laid expectations of the husband and wife, and the burdens they do bring.
It is not just the wife that suffers from this straying from the Spiral, but also the husband and the children.

[X] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.
The works of God should be shared by all. And divided equally (at least within weight divisions).

[X] With Acuity. Vashti should cautiously build alliances with those outside of the Ischak, in particular in the capital of Nachivan and the Sanhedron.
In many ways, I think that Vashti needs to learn more about the outside world to help her people. It would also be good for the rest of the world to learn from her example.

[X] Incarnation. Vashti is an incarnation of the original Prophet Vashti! [Available because of your Fundament Transmigration].
As we progress along the Spiral, our path takes us to new metaphysical lands. Why would Amalgast be our only guide?

[X] Elevation. Vashti is a prophet only insofar as she has been elevated by the people of the Ischak, and as such she is granted greater access to the Spiral of Truth by her elevation! [Available as a syncretic option of Transmigration + Accelerant + Pugilist origin].

Theopolitics is rapidly re-approaching what historians call The Cool Zone

"There is so much to be said for being able to simply walk away from a marriage that has failed. It is not and never will be a cure for all evil, nor will it close the wounds left in body and soul, but at least it stems the bleeding. If a woman may invoke a rite of separation, and if she has the financial means to actually follow through– well, all I will say is that husbands often shape up remarkably quickly once their wife has a ship of her own."

[X] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.
[X] The Incharity of Man and the Woe of Woman. On the inequalities in wage and respect that pull women to the darkness.

"As for the situation in Ischak: Vashti cannot simply barricade herself in the plateau and wait for a better day that may never come, watching for a betrayal that may find her even if she is guarded against it. I am sympathetic to the idea that she should be cautious in her efforts, but someone must begin to build a movement for the peasantry of Vaspukaran. Why not her? Why not now? She has made a great name for herself, and we cannot know what tomorrow will bring. True, she is young and has much to learn, but that is why she has counsellors. And she clearly considers us among those counsellors."

[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.

"Chana is right: we are far away from Ischak, and cannot in good conscience command Vashti when there is much we do not know. Yet Tanda is also correct that Vashti has come to us for advice in good faith, and we cannot turn her away empty-handed while she is so anguished. So we must advise her, but we must also be honest about the basis of our advice."

"This is what I believe we should tell Vashti: we have no grounds to believe that she is a prophet. There is no plain sign that what she has seen is a message directly from God. Nor do we have any reason to believe she is Vashti the Prophet reincarnated. Personally, I do not think it matters either way: if she has been born into this world before, she clearly does not remember it. All that said, since she has won great victories against incredible odds, we cannot simply dismiss the idea of divine aid out of hand, as we would for most others. Legends have been built on less auspicious beginnings."

"So there are two possibilities: she is a Rav or something like it, or she has been elevated by the people of Ischak. The latter seems most probable. Vashti inspired the people of the Ischak and lead them to victory, and that is no small feat. But she did not fight alone, and if she had she would not have gotten far. And in any case, I am personally in agreement with the arguments against personalism– it is a blight. I am as always open to hearing further arguments, but as things stand..."

[X] Elevation. Vashti is a prophet only insofar as she has been elevated by the people of the Ischak, and as such she is granted greater access to the Spiral of Truth by her elevation! [Available as a syncretic option of Transmigration + Accelerant + Pugilist origin].
[X] Ravhood. Vashti is a Rav, whose righteousness substitutes for study! [Available because of your Fundament Sayings of Guru Myriam].

[X] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.
[X] The Incharity of Man and the Woe of Woman. On the inequalities in wage and respect that pull women to the darkness.
[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.
[X] Elevation. Vashti is a prophet only insofar as she has been elevated by the people of the Ischak, and as such she is granted greater access to the Spiral of Truth by her elevation! [Available as a syncretic option of Transmigration + Accelerant + Pugilist origin].

etranger01 said:

I'd just like to make a case for Disavowal, or at the very least Elevation. I will never shut up about ending personalism. I don't care how much fruit you throw at me.

Personalism is a plague upon all of Vaspukaran and has been for centuries. The idea that we must and should repose all of our faith in a single individual who possesses a special connection to God and is thus elevated above the common horde is corrosive to the very idea of positive change, let alone the empowerment of the masses. It's like monarchy with extra steps. Continuing to adhere to the false belief that receiving divine revelation puts the recipient above any other person or makes them uniquely suited to lead is what got us the Infallible Patriarchs, and the disaster that was Petrifor. That Santsarran has turned out to be a capable reformer is nothing more than good fortune, and you simply cannot build a sustainable system on getting lucky every so often.

The reign of prophets must be decisively brought to an end, as must the seizure of their ancient authority by modern people. Whether the recipient of a new revelation or the inheritor of a timeless legacy, these individuals do not necessarily embody that which is needed by the people, nor will they necessarily prove responsive to their needs and desires. That they have happened to do so sometimes is no guarantee of future success.

The first step to empowering the masses is necessarily bringing the elites down to their level and making the responsiveness of the leaders of the people to the needs of the people absolutely mandatory. We should not be subject to the whims of a single individual in determining the fate of hundreds of millions. Should that individual prove a tyrant or enabler of the corrupt, we are left powerless and without mandate for their removal. The only possible solution is insurrection against the divine order.

We are not the people of the Second Patriarchate, nor of the First. We have progressed much farther along the Spiral of Truth, and we know that true divinity, true holiness, is reposed within the whole mass of the people, not merely certain sacred individuals. The people must be the sole source of authority, not the individual. Only when all are considered inherently equal will all be free.

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I'm going to have to throw more fruit at you for rejecting the clear divinity of the new girlboss prophet, Vashti, I'm afraid. However, I will accept your point about Santsarran and the Infallible Patriarchs as valid, and change my vote to Elevation. It certainly seems like the ULTRARADICAL option, after all, now that I'm not swept up by fervour for Vashti as the reborn prophet. And if there's one thing I value, it's choosing the most ULTRARADICAL OPTION to best advance the cause of destroying the old order and ensuring the new order keeps going in the right direction. What's some light heresy between those who aim to build the True Kingdom of God, am I right?

[X] The Rose That is all Thorns. On the cruelty that husbands believe is their right, and the vile darkness of abuse.
[X] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.
[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.
[X] Elevation. Vashti is a prophet only insofar as she has been elevated by the people of the Ischak, and as such she is granted greater access to the Spiral of Truth by her elevation! [Available as a syncretic option of Transmigration + Accelerant + Pugilist origin].

Cetashwayo said:

I introduced myself to them, but upon losing a fight to their own local version of Old Strong Belman (does one exist in every city?!)

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...oh my God do we need to rumble before getting other Pugilists on our side? I love Ma'on even more now.

Cetashwayo said:

My cousins tell me I should fix her up with the usage of a firm thumb-stick, and instead I got into a fight with them instead, and left them with black eye as Chana said I should when men suggest such things.

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A-at least Chana taught Akov something right? Damn that situation just...sucks.

Cetashwayo said:

TANDA: I don't think you did a day of housework in your life before you married Wendam. Or a day of work, for that matter. In fact, even now, half the time it appears he is the one doing the cleaning -

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Based homemaker hubbie Wendam

Cetashwayo said:

The Minyans of the Ischak will be recognized as a special palatine granted to the mouflons of the circle with the boundaries set at our current extent.

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Well, this is something to build upon, but Tanda's got a point that it's full of half measures.

Cetashwayo said:

But Qanam says the creature is not the prophet is not the holy ghost but is Amalgast. And I am saying I trust Amalgast, who is the greatest of all men, and I trust his prophet, and I trust his holy ghost. But I do not trust this creature. Thus I am not troubled by suspicion towards this vessel, thanks to your wise doctrine.

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T-trinitarianism saves the day??? But unironically this approach edit: helps square the circle of respecting the Patriarchate as an institution & opposing the Patriarchs.

Cetashwayo said:

CHANA: I can! She speaks of me as if I am as a child. A humiliation read publicly before the inner sect to see and snicker that the Stormer of the Vikrag had crushes and had toothaches. I am above such things now.

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Cetashwayo said:

CHANA: I am not a pisher, I am the maid of freedom -

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Hookay Chana getting a lil bit big-headed there. Turns out there's unexpected consequences to having the Storming be HaKhofshim Legend eh

[X] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.

It's been informed to us how restrictive the current laws on marriages are in Vaspukaran, and this option provides a foundation for pursuing what is being championed by the other two options.

[X] The Incharity of Man and the Woe of Woman. On the inequalities in wage and respect that pull women to the darkness.

I've been convinced by the combo of providing women the escape from bad marriages & the means to survive it.

[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.

Wendam's got a point, Metamoa needs to expand beyond the borders of Ischak. Its message should & very well could resonate with the currently forming liberatory rural mouflon thought.

[X] Elevation. Vashti is a prophet only insofar as she has been elevated by the people of the Ischak, and as such she is granted greater access to the Spiral of Truth by her elevation! [Available as a syncretic option of Transmigration + Accelerant + Pugilist origin].

Ain't no way Vashti listens if we call for her to disavow, so Imma take the other option to wean off personalism from prophetic revelation. I also like it as making the IMO de facto implicit requirement for proving prophethood originating from liberatory movements into a de jure part of her "orthodoxy".

[x] Shadows Below the Pedestal. On the falsely laid expectations of the husband and wife, and the burdens they do bring.
[x] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.
[x] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.
[x] Incarnation. Vashti is an incarnation of the original Prophet Vashti! [Available because of your Fundament Transmigration].

[X] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.

For one cannot progress into the Light while shackled to the Dark by the bonds of marriage. When the two are chained together by matrimony, the Dark shall overpower the Light and the five evils shall reign surpeme

[x] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.

A strategic choice - for the Confessors and the Order Calenderal should prove recieve receptive to attempts to better regulate the Holy Time and equally spread the burden of hours.

[x] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.
[x] Incarnation. Vashti is an incarnation of the original Prophet Vashti! [Available because of your Fundament Transmigration].

I am swayed by arguments that she must be receiving divine aid of some kind, but has yet to fully advance down the Spiral of Truth.

[X] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.
[X] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.
[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to transcend her local origins.
[X] Disavowal. Vashti is not a prophet, for the age of prophecy has ended, and the time of personalism must be put to the side in favour of the order of ordinary souls [Available due to Light and Darkness doctrine + Pugilist alignment].

[X] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.
[X] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.
[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to transcend her local origins.
[X] Elevation. Vashti is a prophet only insofar as she has been elevated by the people of the Ischak, and as such she is granted greater access to the Spiral of Truth by her elevation! [Available as a syncretic option of Transmigration + Accelerant + Pugilist origin].

We know that our vision of the truth is unclear and fragmentary but I believe that we now stand on the shoulders of the heroes of the past and with our unique blend of insights we can grasp an advancement of our understanding the Spiral of Truth. This is the doctrine of Elevation. This gives us a new clarity of our relationship to the divine and of God. The tides of the Deluge now lift up new heroes to carry the message of the people, but it is not their greatness that proves their connection to the divine but the devotion they receive. For we know that single individuals cannot grasp the entire truth and must win the devotion of their peers through leading collective struggle against Evil.

To fall back on doctrines of the past is folly because we know that our understanding of the true path is flawed and we must search now and forever to bring the wisdom in each heart to the front of our sect and sharpen that wisdom through struggle against Evil. Only then can we see the world to come.

[ ] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.

I dislike pushing for Divorce because it only lances the boil to migitate the symptom of social ills instead of curing the disease at it's root.

[X] The Rose That is all Thorns. On the cruelty that husbands believe is their right, and the vile darkness of abuse.
[X] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.
[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.
[X] Incarnation. Vashti is an incarnation of the original Prophet Vashti! [Available because of your Fundament Transmigration].
[X] Ravhood. Vashti is a Rav, whose righteousness substitutes for study! [Available because of your Fundament Sayings of Guru Myriam].

Negation said:

[ ] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.

I dislike pushing for Divorce because it only lances the boil to migitate the symptom of social ills instead of curing the disease at it's root.

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[X] The Rose That is all Thorns. On the cruelty that husbands believe is their right, and the vile darkness of abuse.
[X] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.
[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.
[X] Incarnation. Vashti is an incarnation of the original Prophet Vashti! [Available because of your Fundament Transmigration].

[X] The Rose That is all Thorns. On the cruelty that husbands believe is their right, and the vile darkness of abuse.

Your hand is the tool with which God reshapes this world into paradise. When you clench it into a fist it should be to praise God by following the angelforms, or praise God by enacting his will to reshape the world by punching Evil in the face.

[X] The Overbearing fruits of the Flagging Tree. On the overbearing abundance of children, and the men who do not help.

Children are the future. It is our purpose to make the world into paradise, yet many treat it the future as burden to be hoisted off on one gender for no reason. Nay, it is the duty of us all to care for the children and our homes, for we have seenin the sect that God's fist can arise from children who are well cared for by all.

[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.

A finger is easily broken, yet when cleched into a fist, five of them can brake bones. One man can be beaten, but a dozen united by purpose can fight off hundreds. A village can be massacared, but the countryside united can destroy all who opposes. Imagine the purifying flame, that comes when all are united in a single purpose: TO PUNCH EVIL IN THE FACE.

[X] Elevation. Vashti is a prophet only insofar as she has been elevated by the people of the Ischak, and as such she is granted greater access to the Spiral of Truth by her elevation! [Available as a syncretic option of Transmigration + Accelerant + Pugilist origin].

My friends, brothers and sisters, I stand before you now to humbly ask you all to vote for Elevation, that we may as one take the next step on the Spiral of Truth. For this doctrine is one we have been preaching from our very start, yet shied away from, made skittish by its radical nature.
But my friends, is it not the HaKhofshim truth that the Will of the Many is more closely aligned to the Will of God than any one person's? Is that not the sum total of all that we believe in?
Remember, that in all of us there is light and dark: in all of us, there is God. It is folly to say that God talks only to Prophets, for God would never segregate his children so: it is only that some of us are less clouded by the dark, and may see God's Will more clearly, and those righteous shine all the brighter for it, and should be accorded pride of place as is their rightful honor: but they have no exclusivity of access to God. That is the meaning of the priesthood of all believers.
And heed again the words of the Pasan Ghadi, inspired by the angel Simurgh: "The mind alone cannot stand as a light against the darkness. It is the blazing of ten-thousand souls that illuminates the path to heaven."
My friend, will we deny the Pasan Ghadi's truth when it can be seen so clearly? One mind will never shine brightly enough to shed light on the Will of God - but the many righteous, united in will and purpose, are akin to a bright bonfire: and only they can with any surety approximate the Will of God. This is truth of the HaKhofshim, and Vashti's letter is the sign we need to finally accept it, and take this most momentous step to the heart of the Spiral of Truth.
For it is obvious, brothers and sisters, that in the World to Come all will hear the Will of God with ease, and all will be prophets: and so the idea of singular Prophets to lead us is ultimately but one more idol to be broken as our understanding grows and we approach Truth. This what our friend Oshana preaches, when she speaks of the Antipatriarch as "a conceptual idea of an opposition to a central guiding aggregate of faith". She is most wise.
And so I beseech you all to make the right choice, and I trust you will: for in this collective assembly we stand closest to God.

Those who deny the truth of Prophethood deny the truth of God, and come close to denying His existence. All that we know of God is through the revelations of His prophets. To proclaim that these prophets spoke falsely is to reject the entire basis of the Spiral of Truth in favor of some solipsistic heathen belief that men can create gods out of their own idols. And this fallacy of Elevation in particular, that truth can be determined by whoever is most popular and dominant at a given time, is an especially dangerous heresy in an era that does not lack for talented and ambitious men who would be willing to exploit the masses for power.

Cavalier said:

Those who deny the truth of Prophethood deny the truth of God, and come close to denying His existence. All that we know of God is through the revelations of His prophets. To proclaim that these prophets spoke falsely is to reject the entire basis of the Spiral of Truth in favor of some solipsistic heathen belief that men can create gods out of their own idols. And this fallacy of Elevation in particular, that truth can be determined by whoever is most popular and dominant at a given time, is an especially dangerous heresy in an era that does not lack for talented and ambitious men who would be willing to exploit the masses for power.

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My brother, I would never deny Prophecy, and no true believer would. God talk to us, His children, so that He may guide us to the World to Come. But God does not talk only to one person and one person only, but to all his children equally. Would you deny that? We are all equal in the eyes of our loving Father, and it is a repugnant idea that He would speak His truth to only some of His children.
Some of us can see that truth most clearly, and none would deny that clarity to Amalgast, the Ravs and the Pasan Ghadi: but all of us are can hear God's whispers, if we would but listen. And it is there that a robust collective of righteous faithful, through learned debate may reach a better understanding of God's Will than any of them would alone. It is sinful pride to believe that the light of any one soul could ever grasp God's Majesty on its own: but the collective can all grasp different aspects, and through deliberations see the Whole.

And you speak of the dangers of men exploiting the masses for power: yet it seems to me that in giving the light of Prophecy to one individual to wield on their own, you make that danger even greater.

Pempelune said:

My brother, I would never deny Prophecy, and no true believer would. God talk to us, His children, so that He may guide us to the World to Come. But God does not talk only to one person and one person only, but to all his children equally. Would you deny that? We are all equal in the eyes of our loving Father, and it is a repugnant idea that He would speak His truth to only some of His children.
Some of us can see that truth most clearly, and none would deny that clarity to Amalgast, the Ravs and the Pasan Ghadi: but all of us are can hear God's whispers, if we would but listen. And it is there that a robust collective of righteous faithful, through learned debate may reach a better understanding of God's Will than any of them would alone. It is sinful pride to believe that the light of any one soul could ever grasp God's Majesty on its own: but the collective can all grasp different aspects, and through deliberations see the Whole.

And you speak of the dangers of men exploiting the masses for power: yet it seems to me that in giving the light of Prophecy to one individual to wield on their own, you make that danger even greater.

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God chose Amalgast to reveal His truth to the World, as He chose the prophets before him. To claim that Prophethood is some collective state extant in the masses to give out to whoever they select is to deny that Prophethood comes from God and God alone. It is to call Amalgast a liar. That this simple truth has been obfuscated by pleasant-sounding rhetoric is a sign of something seriously amiss in the Sect.

[X] Ravhood. Vashti is a Rav, whose righteousness substitutes for study! [Available because of your Fundament Sayings of Guru Myriam].
[X] With Candor. Vashti should move to build a much larger movement for the peasantry beyond the Ischak, and use her stature to trascend her local origins.
[X] The Binding Ring of Marriage. On the inviolability which soils the sanctity of marriage, and the prison it may build.
[X] The Double-Toil of the Back-Broke Bima. On the special demands of working women, those who are slaves within the home.

Cavalier said:

God chose Amalgast to reveal His truth to the World, as He chose the prophets before him. To claim that Prophethood is some collective state extant in the masses to give out to whoever they select is to deny that Prophethood comes from God and God alone. It is to call Amalgast a liar. That this simple truth has been obfuscated by pleasant-sounding rhetoric is a sign of something seriously amiss in the Sect.

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We know that humanity can only glimpse part of the truth. As we grow close to God new truths may be revealed. A fundamental wisdom of this world is that all things change. The needs of the Second Patriarchy are not the needs of the current era and so we may need to learn new truths to guide us. God sees the suffering of his people and hears them cry out under the yoke of evil. Why would those pleas not reach the ears of God? Can he not be moved by our plight? Can he not speak in our hearts and guide us towards the path we should take in this modern age?

Cassiemouse said:

We know that humanity can only glimpse part of the truth. As we grow close to God new truths may be revealed. A fundamental wisdom of this world is that all things change. The needs of the Second Patriarchy are not the needs of the current era and so we may need to learn new truths to guide us. God sees the suffering of his people and hears them cry out under the yoke of evil. Why would those pleas not reach the ears of God? Can he not be moved by our plight? Can he not speak in our hearts and guide us towards the path we should take in this modern age?

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If God means to send a prophet, then God would send a prophet. If He does not that means there is no need yet for further direct Revelation of principles or truths yet undiscovered by men from the Spiral of Truth. Or in other words the remedies to the afflictions of our times is already within our power and understanding, or otherwise discernible through reasoning.

But I feel increasingly sympathetic to the Iconoclasts here. Their stance on the Patriarch avoids the confusion of conflating Prophethood with mere theopolitical power and authority. Direct revelation by God of principles from the Spiral of Truth, in unambiguous message, has happened only rarely and for great cause. It is a justification for leadership, but in the absence of a genuine Prophet such leadership is instead a matter of the needs and convenience of the community of believers. And their actions may work out truth and principles from the Spiral whereas the Prophet delivers them directly from God. There is no evidence of any modern-day Prophet and the claim of the Patriarch to such status is contingent on being invested with the soul of Amalgast. It may be disputed.

However it is essential to understand that prophecy is a form of knowledge of the Spiral of Truth revealed directly to an individual by God. And the popularity or acceptance of the Prophet is irrelevant to their status as such. Was Bambinisan Vashti not a prophet because the masses of Barbarek were so wicked they rejected her? If a Prophet is a Prophet regardless of their rejection by the masses it must stand then that a Prophet is a Prophet regardless of their acceptance as well. As such the masses have nothing to do with their status as a Prophet; it is God alone who decides that.

Though any claims of social exclusivity are obviously false. Amalgast was a slave and Rip Tang Goo was a copper merchant, before they were chosen by God. Prophets do not only come from the highest classes, and if anything seem less likely to be chosen from them. And in the absence of a Prophet then the collective needs of the community of believers must guide the governance of society.