Achaean News
Confusion Over the Codex
Written by: Sky Priest Saruman, of the Axioms and Theorems
Date: Saturday, May 13th, 2000
Addressed to: Everyone
I was reading through the most sacred codex when I came across this:
10) HOLY GROUND IS SACRED AND IS NOT TO BE DEFILED
This refers to ANY holy ground. Do not kill upon holy ground, or in the temple of any god, or in the PRESENCE of any god for the presence of the divine makes any spot on which they stand holy in that moment. If your enemies use this to cower in their temples away from the righteous wrath of the Church, let them cower. It is right for evil to cower from the Church anyway.
I find this a bit puzzling. Recently the gods announced that it is OK to kill in temples, that they are not to be used to run away from a fight and be safe. But this codex says not to do so. I see two possibilities. 1. Deucalion made a mistake and was wrong. 2. The news post that contrdicts this is wrong.
Suppose the 10th law of the codex is still valid, that its principle overrules the recent news post. And so it is not acceptable to kill in holy temples. Shrines and their radius of influence are of course sacred. That means that numerous the convo-killings that occur in Shallam against people who are no where near Shallam in the name of city security violates the codex. In addition, that means any killings which that use things like the summoning of Hell's evil demons to aide you in fights that were not forced upon a Church member due to an evil-doer's own aggressive action also violate the codex since such bloodshed occurs on a shrine's holy ground.
But, of course, the Church can do no wrong. Therefore such bloodshed on sacred ground is fair and just. And so the only other option is that the codex was not correct with rule 10. Thus in this case it is 100% acceptable to hunt peple down in holy temples, etc. But if we can not trust rule 10, how can we trust rules 1 through 9? Are they somehow more special than rule 10? If rule 10 is not valid then there is no reason to accept rules 1 through 9 as valid. This is hard to swallow, too, because codex is the absolute of the laws of goodness, so how could it ever be wrong?
This whole thing confuses me. I honoestly hope someone out there can figure out which of the two opposite statements is true: that it is not acceptable to slay in holy temples and in the presence of sacred shrines, or that the codex is not a valid document for law.
Thank you!
-Saruman
Penned by my hand on the 18th of Daedalan, in the year 248 AF.
Confusion Over the Codex
Written by: Sky Priest Saruman, of the Axioms and Theorems
Date: Saturday, May 13th, 2000
Addressed to: Everyone
I was reading through the most sacred codex when I came across this:
10) HOLY GROUND IS SACRED AND IS NOT TO BE DEFILED
This refers to ANY holy ground. Do not kill upon holy ground, or in the temple of any god, or in the PRESENCE of any god for the presence of the divine makes any spot on which they stand holy in that moment. If your enemies use this to cower in their temples away from the righteous wrath of the Church, let them cower. It is right for evil to cower from the Church anyway.
I find this a bit puzzling. Recently the gods announced that it is OK to kill in temples, that they are not to be used to run away from a fight and be safe. But this codex says not to do so. I see two possibilities. 1. Deucalion made a mistake and was wrong. 2. The news post that contrdicts this is wrong.
Suppose the 10th law of the codex is still valid, that its principle overrules the recent news post. And so it is not acceptable to kill in holy temples. Shrines and their radius of influence are of course sacred. That means that numerous the convo-killings that occur in Shallam against people who are no where near Shallam in the name of city security violates the codex. In addition, that means any killings which that use things like the summoning of Hell's evil demons to aide you in fights that were not forced upon a Church member due to an evil-doer's own aggressive action also violate the codex since such bloodshed occurs on a shrine's holy ground.
But, of course, the Church can do no wrong. Therefore such bloodshed on sacred ground is fair and just. And so the only other option is that the codex was not correct with rule 10. Thus in this case it is 100% acceptable to hunt peple down in holy temples, etc. But if we can not trust rule 10, how can we trust rules 1 through 9? Are they somehow more special than rule 10? If rule 10 is not valid then there is no reason to accept rules 1 through 9 as valid. This is hard to swallow, too, because codex is the absolute of the laws of goodness, so how could it ever be wrong?
This whole thing confuses me. I honoestly hope someone out there can figure out which of the two opposite statements is true: that it is not acceptable to slay in holy temples and in the presence of sacred shrines, or that the codex is not a valid document for law.
Thank you!
-Saruman
Penned by my hand on the 18th of Daedalan, in the year 248 AF.