FYI, other questers, the Rebels' interpretation of this was that it was the worst of all the punishments. It was saying "God doesn't care about you enough to do anything."Rebels of the House of Dawn, proud followers of the traitor Lucifer. I name you Narmaru, the Devils"
...What?God's always been an asshole.
but if it exists it can also die.
and so caine must exist.
so that we can one day murder god.
God's always been an asshole.
but if it exists it can also die.
and so caine must exist.
so that we can one day murder god.
I wonder if these curses would help out humanity in the long run by challenging them?
Fat chance.
Death is the one thing most people would give up nearly anything to escape from.
Up to and including their humanity, their souls, and whatever else they may need to give away.
in all reality the curses just opened them up to the Old ones even further.
God's has, intentionally or not, abandoned humanity, what with fleeing from entropy and all that.
She hasn't abandoned them entirely. Those that are faithful are supposedly gonna be protected.
I would think that the curses applied to mankind is meant to fetter them. Remember that humanity has power that can even harm god and surpass her in power. This means that if left to humanity as they were it wouldn't be long until they enter a spiral of chaos and destruction that would ruin everything.
At least with this all human existence is finite. They can perish and even if they do nothing they will still die in the end preventing them from taking full advantage of their power, if only because they do not have enough time.
And, to me, it would also help humanity as a whole grow up. They were created and raised in Eden, a paradise where their every wishes can be granted and nothing is their to harm them, but in this way they are like children having not felt that much major hardship and if you give a child omnipotence then that would only ask for trouble.
right up until they expand their lifespan enough to actually learn they have powers figure out the truth of things and get pissed the hell off.
Humans IRL don't accept their limitations, they tear them down and get pissed off at the thing that tried to limit them to begin with.
An angry teenager is far more dangerous than an angry child.
The faithful will be protected by the Host, that will be one of your duties.
Also God had no time to think deeply, Entropy was such a threat to them they had to mutilate themselves to get away from it.