Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130318203252/@comment-7186329-20130403171732

This is begining to get philosophycal, on a decent level even. Exelent.

Faith and adherence to reason and science is not faith in any god, but faith in the laws of nature and the order of things. As such beings who are empowered and sustained by the energy of thought and faith would not be adequatly nurtured, because said energy is directed toward the fundamental laws of the Universe. Even the Chaos gods are not able to break or bypass such laws,merely bend and twist them. The problem with faith in Order and Control is that it can enable the Chaos gods to find a way to redirected it toward themselvs. Even more faith in any form, without clear and undisputed evidence to support it, can be accredited to everithing that abides by any set of laws, thus a portion of the energy goes toward the beings of chaos. The only way to properly impede as much energy as possible toward any sort of such being, is simply not to believe in them. The notion of Order and Control, in time can even begin to be seen as beings or entities themselves, even create them. A creation of any new being in the Immaterium whose actions are defined by the notion of extreme order and control, despite being the basic opposite of chaos, could prove to be just as dangerous and unpredictable as the embodiments of chaos itself.

The Imperial Truth created and imposed by The Emeror was understandable and effective, It`s most signifacant flaw was that it did not satisfy the basic need of faith and believe in a created power, which the majority of humans have and need. As such it left Mankind vulnerable to direct intervention of creatures who can bend and manipulate the laws of physics and science as per their will. As such the Chaso gods could prove themselves to be `Legitimate` to science and subservient to the laws of order, as they presented themselves to Lorgar. What The Emperor did was simply waste energy and faith, which could be directed at a proper conduit, such as Himself. I believe He realised the risk of enforcing any type of faith, even directed at Him, which could be misused and corrupted.