Guess what... this is the time we answer one of the all time favorite troll questions...Sure also others also wonder about this though...

There is a thing in the universe and it's called free will. Many people do not understand how the priesthood works. Or how life works. They have the meme of christianity in their mind of the 'all powerful', and there are always one sided choices. So they transfer this to "Super Zeus makes the Choices, how can people fail". But there are no such claims being made here.

There have been questions in regards to people from the clergy. This is a very difficult task. There are attacks, there is extensive tiredness, extensive sacrifices of time and effort, and this is one of the hardest tasks to follow. We are not more 'privileged', just 'because we are clergy' than others, either, by the Gods. We are only as privilleged as our work goes, so in that case, the same rules apply to us as every other Zevist. There is only one fundamental difference, those who really do their job as Clergy (this varies, as again, people are individuals), it's like doing any other job, only danger wise it can be very tough.

When the Gods pick someone to become Clergy, they pick them through us and with us. There is a waiting period for such as well. And guess what, people always have free will. Zeus doesn't constrain the free will of anyone. With that being stated, one is always open to success or to failure. There are also many people do haven't taken the role of Clergy seriously, and as such, they have fallen.

The Gods help, advance and guide us, but one's position towards themselves is something the patience, caring, and help of no other entity can fill in. In other words, if you decide to fall on your own, or do stupid things, you will fall, and nobody will be able to save you. This is literally the same as jumping from a skyscraper. I won't be excused from gravity because I am "Clergy", nor will a spaceship come to my rescue as I'm falling. Simply because this deals with the rules of life.

The favorite topic of trolls are some priests who have failed and/or left their post. They try to instill mystery around the matter, but in most cases, this was a choice for them to leave. A few individuals were also overtaken by the force of the enemy, because they were foolish enough to confuse reality with their internal feelings of being able to take on the enemy 'on their own' and other crap. If there is a war happening, and a general is high on acid for some reason, takes a gun, and jumps on the front-line, without kevlar, without a tank, with nothing, nobody can tell them to 'not do this', and nobody will keep them. They have 'authority' and they should have logic to constrain themselves. If for some reason such is missing, they can literally go and die. In simple words one is acting on a very inferior level than where they have been put to do. Therefore there can be consequences such as massive failure. Or even destruction and death.

Many people also don't feel well to have a responsibility and not being able to follow through. Others decide they can't keep up with the demands of it. Others may even cower. Some have done well, others very good, the list goes. Some people just quit. Others for personal reasons, others can't take the heat, others just give up, others come up to not care.

What is for certain, and this is upon which the Gods make the choices, is that everyone of these people have had the skills and the capacity to become good clergy. The Gods judge not based on the future, because people also decide their own future, but they decide based on possibility of being good. The Gods can clear cut see the future, this is for certain, but this doesn't matter either, as the future is possibilities. What matters is that WE figure out how to steer our boats in the proper direction, to reach the place we need to. It's up to people to actualize this so called 'future'. There is karma, but there is also free will and action. And it's truly difficult for many people as guess what, one learns on the job.

The least favorite topic of trolls however, and the people they hate, is the successful priesthood, who has served and done lots of things for the community, giving it life, guidance and purpose, for too long. The trolls never ask how these people made it that far, with so much responsibility, burden, threats, and other issues, simply because, this proves all their frail arguements about a few cases very wrong. While these trolls obsess over those who have fell, quitted, or used their free will to stay off the path, they focus the very least on people who have done their work properly. This is because this proves them wrong in their entirety, and proves Zeus’s providence beyond a doubt.

In the ancient times, the same was the case. The priests were put in gradual initiation. One could also fail and be replaced. There were high adepts who were literally 'up there' but were never part of the priesthood, simply because, it follows specific rules, patters, and requires particular skills.

From my perspective, one can do massive and very decisive work WITHOUT being priesthood. This is because the enemy and/or others do not even know you are somewhere. You are a blade in the dark, so to say. One reason we exist is because of these 'lurkers' and people who stand by us at heart but we may not know them, nor them us. We all do everything 'together' as a whole, and this is what is of importance.

The Gods know the people they have in and out. The issue is, people don't know themselves, nor life. So they can fail. One example is how a few priests have been intensive in bad habits, or how others have fiddled with stupid things like drugs. Like the case of Salem who fell into the trap, ultimately losing his sanity and self. If one fiddles with bullshit, there is little things other people can do to save them, or any other entities. The fact one is can be put in such position is because they can be helpful in some way.

This sets up a paradigm on what to avoid. Nobody says about their so called life, or standing with Zeus. This is up to Zeus to judge. But one cannot serve responsibly a community in that way. One will simply spread plague to it. So here is a paradigm to avoid...

The Gods, and I tell you from experience, will do many things to save these people, but one can of course neglect all warnings. They have saved me from things I wouldn't even believe. But when one works against themselves there is not much in the universe that can be done to 'save' them. In the end our judge is our self. Overconfidence and turning into a brat is something some Zevists are plagued from, and this has lead a few to downfall. This is because power increases and when one starts to become really 'something', they can lose their footing. The humble survive here, but one must be also strong.

We also had members who have completely lost their footing and went full retard against other members. This leads them slowly in disaster.

To relate a personal experience, I was a fan of Vovim Baghie's writings, when I was out and about. To my disappointment, he gave everyone up, which is unfortunately the truth of what happened. Many people like to make fables about this, such as the superheroes who left, once upon a time etc. Even if we were to assume this was done for any 'good reason' (which is not the case) this make it double bad.

Cause if hypothetically one ascends to high levels of mass wisdom and they desert the community, all the worse, it's twice dishonorable, than let's say someone who didn't do much just leaving. So in any case, this is a dishonor. Just imagine for a second what would happen if the Gods decided they no longer want to fiddle with humanity? We would probably get toasted the next day by the enemy entities who do not give up. In the same way, our own must learn to never give up.

Obviously they are brave because they are advanced, but they stay to advance others. Those who leave are of no importance. Their work, when it was there, it was helpful, and that's that. One is also called to follow through, however. The same goes for the people who many people have elevated into some diva status because they, SUPPOSEDLY and BASED ON ASSUMPTION were "VERY ADVANCED" but didn't give a fuck for the community and left it cold turkey. These are not examples to admire, even if such people were 'advanced'.

Advancement brings, on the highest levels, compassion to other people. One does not desert what one loves and has sworn their word to fight for.

Imagine how many times the Gods facepalm themselves over our little human things. I think Aldrick wrote it once in his post, and he was right if you think about it. So for the Gods, is their superiority a reason to let us to die and become ashes? No. They instead help us advance. Think about it if one is advanced, it's no problem to them helping others advance. If one is not advanced, they find excuses on why they are so greater than anyone else and therefore find reasons to laze out by not helping others in some way. So those who can help, do help.

As for the divas who sit around and complain about a community in which they do nothing to improve, one has nothing to complain about. The person who work for 2 minutes a day for this community, spiritual Zevism, or enlightening people by anonymous activism, a person known or never known, is better than all these worthless people combined, multiplied by 6 gorillion times.

The Gods stay by us. That's what showing them to be superior beings, teachers, leaders and helpers. Those who pretend to be 'very advanced' and can't take it, they will never be equal to them in value. This is what decides value in any community. "I could give" or "I think I am superior" is of zero value. To desert is easy. To improve is hard.

So in closing, the focus should be on success, not a few failures, and our emulation should be what is best. One mustn't spend time going after that which is worse and bad, but that which is best.

-High Priest Zevios Metathronos