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I was taught all that "Primus is the true god" babble, but whether I believe…
Having been an explorer before the Great War, I have seen many cultures, on many planets. Some of them touted beliefs in a god, or gods, some of them believed in none. Some built temples, some had none; some worshipped with strange, barbaric sacrifices, some with simple prayers or alien rituals even I did not understand. Each of them more or less stubbornly believed theirs was the truth. The more I saw, the sillier the claim that our god should be the right one seemed to me.
Even that aside, I always preferred seeing myself in control of my own destiny. No one, god or mortal, should hold dominion over Starscream!
So, I guess one could say I am an agnostic. Either that, or I want to be a god with devoted worshippers. In which case I'd prefer offerings of energon and valuable crystals over useless fruit and young animals, of course.
I don't think I'll ever understand why the fleshlings are so hung up on thinking in categories of "male" and "female" in the first place. I suppose it has something to do with the way they reproduce, but the way they treat someone differently because of the way her chest is formed is both strange and amusing.
I don't see why the gender designation of the people involved should even matter when it comes to what is commonly considered "friendship". (Not that I could imagine myself being friends with a pitiably sentimental creature like Elita-1!)
Now, whether friendship is possible at all… I cannot say I believe in it. Temporary alliances, yes. But the trust implied in the word "friendship" strikes me as foolish. In my experience, the world is made out of people who are out to stab you in the back (not that I can fault them) and people who are weak.
A "friend" is merely someone who hasn't betrayed you yet.
Having been an explorer before the Great War, I have seen many cultures, on many planets. Some of them touted beliefs in a god, or gods, some of them believed in none. Some built temples, some had none; some worshipped with strange, barbaric sacrifices, some with simple prayers or alien rituals even I did not understand. Each of them more or less stubbornly believed theirs was the truth. The more I saw, the sillier the claim that our god should be the right one seemed to me.
Even that aside, I always preferred seeing myself in control of my own destiny. No one, god or mortal, should hold dominion over Starscream!
So, I guess one could say I am an agnostic. Either that, or I want to be a god with devoted worshippers. In which case I'd prefer offerings of energon and valuable crystals over useless fruit and young animals, of course.
I don't think I'll ever understand why the fleshlings are so hung up on thinking in categories of "male" and "female" in the first place. I suppose it has something to do with the way they reproduce, but the way they treat someone differently because of the way her chest is formed is both strange and amusing.
I don't see why the gender designation of the people involved should even matter when it comes to what is commonly considered "friendship". (Not that I could imagine myself being friends with a pitiably sentimental creature like Elita-1!)
Now, whether friendship is possible at all… I cannot say I believe in it. Temporary alliances, yes. But the trust implied in the word "friendship" strikes me as foolish. In my experience, the world is made out of people who are out to stab you in the back (not that I can fault them) and people who are weak.
A "friend" is merely someone who hasn't betrayed you yet.