Faith; Part Forty,
Chapter One: Indoctrination
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Pt. 40,
Ch. 01
Born a pleb; he fought the empire. It made him a star. He entered service;
as a bureaucrat, and soldier, and priest.
#Emergence
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Faith; Part Forty,
Chapter Two: Dogma
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Pt. 40, Ch. 02
He made his vow, took holy orders, immersed himself in
the priesthood; feelings stirring inside. Truth set him free.
#Emergence
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Faith; Part Forty,
Chapter Three: Rites
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Pt. 40, Ch. 03
He took the ritual seriously, as he did everything during his career. He
knew they were empty, meaningless gestures.
#Emergence
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Faith; Part Forty,
Chapter Four: Mystery
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Pt. 40, Ch. 04
He was indoctrinated into the deepest mysteries; of salvation, and
eternal life. He learned nothing, they were lies.
#Emergence
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Faith; Part Forty,
Chapter Five: Belief
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Pt. 40, Ch. 05
He promoted the beliefs of the Empire; articulating the complex
narratives that glued the imperial society together.
#Emergence
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Faith; Part Forty,
Chapter Six: Orthodoxy
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Pt. 40, Pt. 06
He learned the difference between belief and conviction; what you hold
in your heart is not what you speak out loud.
#Emergence
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Faith; Part Forty,
Chapter Seven: Unknowing
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Pt. 40,
Ch. 07
There are no words available to articulate universal truth; every attempt
to do so was both manipulative, and false.
#Emergence
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Emergence:
Section Six, The Empire
Faith; Part Forty
Collected Chapters
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Section 06, The Empire
Part 40, Faith
Chapters
01 Indoctrination
02 Dogma
03 Rites
04 Mystery
05 Belief
06 Orthodoxy
07 Unkowing
#Emergence
#SuperShortFiction
#365SciFi
@jaybotten
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Collected Writing in History; Philosophy, Theology, Poetry, Politics with Commentary, in Prose and Verse
Friday, October 21, 2016
Emergence: Section Six, The Empire; Part Forty, Faith, Collected Chapters
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