Expert snuggler wrote:cralkhi wrote:The way to overturn the Writ is to offer a more appealing alternative. Proof and logic are far less important.
Insightful. Perhaps the most important psychological weapon will be the library of religious texts in the Cave. Turn loose some faiths that have a proven record of spreading virally.
The resulting civil wars would be a horror bad enough to deter the good guys. Having new religions running around, which have a way of being fanatical, might seriously interfere with creating Safehold's Enlightenment.
If they had time, I think what Staynair is already starting to do would work.
He's already moving the Church of Charis to emphasize direct relationship with God and de-emphasize the "Archangels"; emphasize mercy, love and understanding and de-emphasize the Inquisition.
Over a couple of generations, with more emphasis on a personal relationship with God, this could set the stage to introduce the Earth religions again.
But the timescale for that is probably a century or so, far too long for the "Return of the Archangels" deadline.
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I can't see any way to do it in 15-20 years short of overt revelation of advanced technology in an undeniable way.