[HoE] Blessed in Hell on Earth --it begins

[jayson@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Jay E Treat III)]

According to Michael:
| 
| It's all well and good, as long as he was a bless'ed
| *before* the war. Problem is, many people are doubting
| G-d's existance nowadays - what with the Reckoners'
| movements and the lack of life and all... TNs for
| miracles might move up a step (5-->7-->9-->11) and no
| divine interventions - I don't think the dieties
| around *can* do much nowadays.

	Hmm.  I don't know.  I don't think anything prohibits you from
making a post-apocalyptic blessed, it's just that there supposed to be
/extremely/ super rare.  And there aren't any explicit rules making
miracles more difficult to perform.  Now that covers what the book rules...
	But let's discuss what the book implies about Blessed and what we
think it should be.
	I see two main interpretations of the situation regarding Blessed
and their power source:
	The first is that God no longer supplies power.  This could be
because D-Day was Armageddon and he's called all the worthy up to Heaven
and the rest are doomed to Hell on Earth.  This could be because the
Reckoners, with their new found Dominance, have been able to block his
access.  This could be because the Reckoners killed God.  This could be
because God has given up.  If I had to choose one of these, it would be #2
or possibly #1.
	The second is that God is in the same place he always has been.
It could be the case that he's still doing his best to fight the
Reckoners, but everyone's given up on him (possibly because the believe
one of the above cases).  It could be the case that his attention is drawn
into fighting the Reckoners more directly.  It could be the case that he's
still active but is now acting in other most subtle ways.
	Or it could be that God never existed, but since that option's
lame we'll just discount that right off.

	Personally, I disagree with PEG's take on the wholesale loss of
faith in HOE.  Yes, obviously, a whole hell of a lot of people would
become bitter and cynical.  But people need faith.  They crave it.  And
they would find it.  Now sure, there's the Doomsayers' cult and a few
other cults, but the faith in God is indefatigueable.  You know it's true,
'cause I used a big word.  ;-}
	As such, until contrary word from Pinnacle, I will allow Blessed
and faithful in my Hell on Earth.

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Jay E. Treat III		         	    jayson@ccat.sas.upenn.edu