Conglomerate Theory

I am about to commit Heresy. It is the practice of religious organizations today to claim their dogma is the only true road to salvation (or whatever else they promise). I write this in contestation of that belief. This theory's basis rests upon the Church and One God, but brings it further than they care to have their lessons interpreted. I propose a theory that places all of the gods and their subsequent religious ideals under one banner. The One God's banner.

Now, before you discontinue reading, allow me to argue in favor of this claim. Followers of the One God believe that they find the One in everything they behold; from the smallest blade of grass to the most brilliant of man's architectural achievements . Why then cannot he be within the "pagan" gods as well? I use the term pagan simply because it is how they are known amongst the followers of the Church, but I do not put stock in the negative connotation its garnered. In fact - and here is the hub of the theory - these gods we try so hard to condemn are our own God. From Mircea to Virigoth, each are an aspect of the One God.

Allow me to put it this way; Man was created in the One's image, so it is thought. What is man? We are a mass of different emotions and beliefs, a split creature of light, darkness, and the gray in between. This is fact, and cannot be seen as false. So, if we are the image of God upon Aabahran, is not the One the same? Can He not be of many various personality traits and emotional states?

I shall break it down further. Let us take the one known as Luqin, god of Compassion. What I am proposing is that Luqin is the split portion of the One embodying His compassion. So it is with the other religious factions. All are connected in that they are the One in his various forms.

One may ask why He chose to do such a thing. Why would the One splice Himself in to disunity? Well, first, it is not disunity He split Himself in to, just different parts of the same. In response I will offer another question; Should there be but one religious choice for all the peoples of Aabahran, do you think we'd accept it without regret or question? We were made in diversity, and so the One knew we would require diverse paths in faith. His "fracturing" was in order to accommodate His flock.

The evidence is in every being walking this planet. Do we not all possess some of each other's ideals? Even the Crusaders exact revenge for petty, personal malfactions. Even the brood of Arzaeth stay their hand for companions, even if temporarily. And so I offer the idea that we are one cohesive whole, though we do not believe it to be thus. We follow the same being, just a different mood.