Shalampax Speaks

Religco launched its Infinitiaty cult religion only a short time ago, but it is already a tremendous success, gathering a steady stream of believers daily. Despite the newness and success of Infinitiaty, the Sages of Infinitiaty are already considering a revision to the theology underlying the cult’s religion’s core belief system.

As you know, Infinitiaty is founded on the principle that nothing can come into existence without something causing it to have come into existence. Thus, there must be a god who created our God. And there must be a god who created that god. And so on into an infinite regress of gods. The impossibility of a causeless cause demands no less.

In the beginning, the only possibility that the Sages of Infinitiaty considered was that every god in this infinite hierarchy of gods is an only child. Rethinking this issue, the Sages now recognize that, given the infinite number of gods, it is inevitable that at least some gods, and likely many gods, created multiple child gods, rather than just one.

The Sages of Infinitiaty are determined to integrate this sibling god belief into the Infinitiaty theology because the Sages recognize that these sibling gods can serve a noble purpose in our world.

We live in a world rife with strife. Unbridled hate of one group—regardless of how that group is defined—for another leads to intolerance, oppression, brutality, loss of life and, worst of all, considerable commercial impediments.

Sibling gods offer a way to resolve these global conflicts.

The problem with monotheistic religions is that they are too often the cause of strife as true-believers fight to defend their version of God. Assigning a single impartial god to negotiate between the warring sects won’t work because the ingrained, fanatical intolerance of every group by the every other group assures that no group will accept any god that associates in any way with another group.

And, of course, when it comes to assigning godly negotiators, no group will tolerate being assigned a god who is lower in the god hierarchy than the god assigned to an opposing group.

Sibling gods provide an opportunity to eliminate these clashes. The Sages of Infinitiaty propose that, for a fee, they will ask the sibling gods to act as negotiators, with one sibling god assigned to each of the warring factions. Then, if the sibling gods cannot reach an acceptable agreement, their parent god can be called upon to impose an impartial, binding settlement, while not acting directly for either of the warring sects. Problem solved.

You’ve got to hand it to the Sages of Infinitiaty. They are always on the lookout for ways to make this a better world, for a price, of course.