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The Tarsans existed for many years during the Pax Veredis or Greenie Era on Earth as an underground movement.
Many of the ancient Earth religions had faded and publicly disappeared under the strict control of the Leadership Council. Christianity had struggled after the scandals of the end of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The last Catholic Pope resigned in disgrace after a huge financial scandal.
Publicly, these religions were gone but in people’s homes around the world they were still practiced and followed.
Not long ago I wrote about the Friends, a similar group that became involved in Dorian Thain when he first went to Earth. The Tarsans and Friends followed parallel paths until the Harappans arrived on the Homeworld. The Friends followed Dorian towards reason and tolerance where the Tarsans fell into superstition and elitism.
We think this mostly comes from Mary Carmini. The Salusians had a copy of Earth’s Christian bible yet had none of the scholarly material explaining it’s history or meanings in context. They formed a perverted version of the religion based on this ancient text. Mary Carmini brought that twisted view of Christianity to the Tarsans and their leadership accepted it.
What survived from the original intent was the idea of proseletization. The driving force of the Tarsanas was to spread the word. Nevermind that their word was unfounded, even by the scripture they claimed.
They held strongly to the belief that conversion by any means was required for all humans. Violence, if needed, was totally allowed and even called for.
What they forgot from the origional intent of their religous doctrine was any compassion for the unfortunate.
Tomorrow: How the Tarsans became involved with Mary Carmini.
Never mix red wine and Oodo.
Philip Normer
Kushan Year 88
Earth Year 2480
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