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A Imaginary History

A mental experiment about a creator and a demon.

Author: Paynalton

Published: 2013

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Let’s imagine for a moment that there is a god in the universe who suddenly feels the need to create a world.

Create this world and fill it with millions of amazing creatures. To govern their behavior, he decides to create a law but… how can he make all the creatures know it if they all speak different languages, others don’t have language, and some don’t even have a brain…

Without being a god, it occurs to me that the best place to put that law is inside every living being and connect it to them through their instincts. That way, no matter what kind of creature it is, by following their instincts they would be obeying the law.

Now imagine there is a demon who wants to destroy the work of that god. Since that demon doesn’t have much power, he must come up with a plan.

Again, the best option that comes to mind is to look for the most naive and potentially destructive species that exists and deceive them. Use a little of his demon power to set some bushes on fire, unleash some misfortune, kill a few others, and thus convince those creatures that the demon is a god, even that he is the god who created everything.

To ensure obedience, that demon gives them the law, written in their language, since that demon cannot rewrite their instincts. However, the most important rules will be those focused on convincing these creatures that their instincts (the true law) are bad, sins, and that they must avoid them at all costs.

The operation can be repeated several times under different names so that these creatures face each other in wars, increasing their destructive power until they have enough power to destroy all species and themselves.

The rest is just waiting and enjoying the show.

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