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Life on the station has been very hard lately. None of the Bajorans will talk to me unless it is for a direct command or report. I can't go to temple, so that cuts out my big social activities of the day. And to make matters worse, I think I might lose this job entirely. Which doesn't make me feel entirely happy, but I think I could get a job from
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Unfortunately, religion is dictated by mortals. Not gods. If religion actually *were* dictated by gods it might work, but it's not. Mortals blow things out of proportion, make things up, and actively pretend they know what their gods want. One time I came back to a planet from having been gone for 1,000 years to discover that they were sacrificing their smartest children to me. This being rather exactly the opposite of what I'd been trying to *do* with them when I'd been their god, let us say it rather soured me on the whole concept of being worshipped. Because, generally speaking, worshippers do not really give a damn what the god thinks. They pay attention to what fellow mortals who claim to be speaking for the god think.
I find it upsetting and stupid that you would be rejected by your own people for giving them access to more information and suggesting that they think for themselves. Given that the argument isn't even over something like the presence of your gods but rather what specific prophecies came from them vs. were invented out of whole cloth, this is even more stupid and pathetic. If I were the_prophets I'd be kicking ass and taking names right around now, although they really don't seem to care very much if their worshippers ruin each other's lives, which is part of why I say they are wankers.
I don't know what to say. Your fellow Bajorans are morons. I'd show up and do something about the way they're behaving toward you if I weren't bound by the rules of interacting with other omnipotent beings' worshippers. Their behavior is inexcusable and I'd suggest you blow them off and go explore the galaxy except that that never worked when my people were being obnoxious to *me* and I tried it, and I doubt it will work for you any better.
A human philosopher once said "Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain." It's true. There's nothing I can do about this, and it frustrates me. At least when Jean-Luc's people are being idiots it's all about their narrow little Starfleet rules and not about *religion* of all things. I mean, do any of these people have regular conversations with their Prophets? No, because the Prophets are too busy creating miracle babies, teleporting whiners from Voyager with vision problems, and sucking at baseball. But try telling them that. I'm sure they think they're doing the right thing, because idiots always do.
History will vindicate you. That's all I can say and I doubt it's much help but there's nothing else I can do. I can't fight *other* people's worshippers' stupidity. It was hard enough dealing with my own worshippers. And this is why I don't let people worship me anymore.
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But thanks so much for the offer, even if I couldn't take you up on it. (Nor would I really want to, really.) Still, it did make me feel better.
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