You show your own hypocritical, unthinking and prejudice ways in your
post. You claim the Occultists fall short of their beliefs, what do you
know or understand about our beliefs?

"The Church has condemned many of these teachings as blasphemous and
decreed they be burned. Disregarding those edicts has set the Occultists
sharply at odds with the Church". Note the part "The Church has
condemned many of these teachings as blasphemous and decreed they be
burned". It is the Church who has decreed that others belief should be
stopped not the Occultists, it is the Church who set out to oppress all
other beliefs other then their own not the Occultists. Our guild above
all embraces all beliefs, we are a combination of individuals from all
walks, from good aligned to the most evil aligned, from a passive poet
to the most aggressive fighter, from a helpful healer to the most brutal
thug. Your attempt to classify this guild into one category is laughable
at the least and insulting at the most.

The Church itself as a whole is the most prejudice organization there
has ever been, some individuals in the Church do not hold such
prejudices and I have sever friends within it that shows not all are the
way the organization as a whole is. "other 'evil' types who like to
partake in the holiness of the rites of prayer I must thank you And to
those occultists and for showing how your beliefs have no meaning to
you" Again your comment shows that you are closed minded and think that
only members of the church can understand and believe in such things as
Good, Righteousness, and Honor. In this prejudice statement you have
given you have shown that it is you and those like you that do not hold
these beliefs. Do not place your own inadequate understandings of what
is true and what is false unto our guild for you shall not only show
your own hypocrisy but also the hypocrisy of the Church as well.

Penned by my hand on the 19th of Daedalan, in the year 303 AF.