Audio Transcript, Case File: 52u334x00
\nTitle: Gregorius v. Authority
\nFinding: for Authority
\nAdjudicator: Fernando Martins de Bulhoes::re.AUTH::re.ANGL
\nPlaintiff: Gregorius (aka Pope Gregory I), via Interpretor Vigilus<\/p>\n
Adjudicator (A): State your name for the record.<\/p>\n
Plaintiff (P): Gregory of Rome, son of Gordianus<\/p>\n
A: Good morning, sir.<\/p>\n
P: Good morning.<\/p>\n
A: I have read your case stated against the Authority. What I don’t understand is why now?<\/p>\n
P: Why now?<\/p>\n
A: Exactly.\u00a0 You have had 800 years of Authority experience, working directly, why make a case of injustice on Prime now?\u00a0 Especially for yourself?\u00a0 Most complaints are brought up within the first year post-Prime.<\/p>\n
P: It took a long time for me to realize the injustice, I suppose.<\/p>\n
A: You suppose?<\/p>\n
P: Do you know who I am?<\/p>\n
A: I do.\u00a0 You just stated it.\u00a0 You are Gregory of Rome, son of Gordianus.<\/p>\n
P: I am Pope Gregory the First.<\/p>\n
A: I recognize that you were a Pope on Prime.\u00a0 Late 6th century… ish.<\/p>\n
P: Where do you hail from, my son?<\/p>\n
A: Portugal.<\/p>\n
P: No.\u00a0 When.<\/p>\n
A: As Adjudicator, that is not relevant to this discussion.<\/p>\n
P: It is.<\/p>\n
A: Fine. Early 13th century.<\/p>\n
P: Splendid.\u00a0 A Christian man?<\/p>\n
A: I am asking the questions, Gregory.\u00a0 Let’s try to focus on your case.<\/p>\n
P: It is relevant to my case!<\/p>\n
A: Then, yes, I was. For disclosure, a Franciscan Friar.<\/p>\n
P: So to you, I should be well known.<\/p>\n
A: (audible sigh) Pope Gregory the Great.<\/p>\n
P: Indeed, my son.\u00a0 I was canonized.<\/p>\n
A: I fail to see how this relates to your case against the Authority …Gregory.\u00a0 And please remember, it is my choice as to how this plays out.<\/p>\n
P:\u00a0 Of anyone, you should understand.\u00a0 I was a devoted monk.\u00a0\u00a0 A very devoted man of God.\u00a0 I prayed with most of my time.\u00a0 Sometimes forgoing food, drink, and rest.\u00a0 I prayed for the world, for the sick, the poor, the unwanted.<\/p>\n
A: Like the sick dying monk you threw on the manure pile out of spite?<\/p>\n
P: That story is always taken out of context. He was not dying, he was dead.\u00a0 It was meant as a symbol.<\/p>\n
A: It just happens to be in the file.\u00a0 Please continue.<\/p>\n
P: I was devoted to finding the truth of God.\u00a0 The Godness of God, if you will. I expected to see a vision of the greatest Creator of all.\u00a0 Not necessarily understanding Him, but communing with Him, in my own way.\u00a0 I argued for Him, I fought intellectually for Him, I wrote works for him… long dialogues about the very nature of faith and belief in the Creator.<\/p>\n
A: I have read some of them.<\/p>\n
P:\u00a0 Then you know!<\/p>\n
A: Know what?<\/p>\n
P: Its all a lie!<\/p>\n
A: How is it a lie?\u00a0 Your belief in God paid off didn’t it?\u00a0 You found that God exists.\u00a0 How is that lie?<\/p>\n
P: Yes, he exists.\u00a0 But…<\/p>\n
A: Let me remind you, as Adjudicator, it is my duty to understand the facets of your case, and lay out the decision that will set precedent in this matter for all future matters that may arise.\u00a0\u00a0 It seems your case has reached my desk because no one has any clue on how to riddle the twisted logic for your claim.\u00a0\u00a0 A claim… let’s see here, I have it right here… ah.\u00a0 A claim that, and I quote, ‘The Authority should publish its truth on Prime as not to mislead billions of individuals that the concept of Heaven and Hell not only do not exist in absolute terms, but that the life after death is mostly subjective from person to person.\u00a0 The absence of absolute truth in this has slighted every man of faith since the dawn of creation.’<\/p>\n
P: Those are indeed my words.<\/p>\n
A: You are not the first to demand some form of Prime education effort as to the so-called afterlife.\u00a0\u00a0 That has been well addressed in precedent and most would consider the matter closed.\u00a0 So, on that alone, it would have stopped your claim immediately.\u00a0 What tripped the office up is the last line.\u00a0 The absence of absolute truth being presented as an act of transgression against you personally by the Authority.<\/p>\n
P: It is an act of transgression!\u00a0 I was lied to!\u00a0 For the last 800 years, I have been lied to!\u00a0 There is no heaven!\u00a0 There is no hell!<\/p>\n
A: You have seen the Authority.\u00a0 You have worked for it for 800 years.<\/p>\n
P: I have. With faith and diligence.<\/p>\n
A: So what is the problem?<\/p>\n
P: The problem is that I spent my entire human life praying, with an expectation of a heaven on the other side of the veil.<\/p>\n
A: So have many others.\u00a0 That is not a slight against you, but a choice you made.<\/p>\n
P: And that doesn’t bother you?<\/p>\n
A: I try not to think about it.<\/p>\n
P:\u00a0 We have been lied to.\u00a0 There is no heaven.\u00a0 There is no hell.\u00a0 I could have spent my entire life doing evil things and the result would have been the same.<\/p>\n
A: True. You expect recompense for your faith.<\/p>\n
P: Yes! For all this I expect recompense for my faith!<\/p>\n
A: Your case is dismissed.<\/p>\n
P: What?!\u00a0 You cannot do that.\u00a0 I was a Pope!\u00a0 I am a Saint!\u00a0 I demand the rewards I was promised!<\/p>\n
A: Yeah, well… news flash.\u00a0 You are not the only saint in the room.\u00a0 I suggest you suck it up, your grace.\u00a0 Just because there is not a heaven or a hell where we are at does not preclude them from existing. As I was told, as you were told, this is just the next step.<\/p>\n
P: But…<\/p>\n
A:\u00a0 Perhaps, your grace, you should focus on doing the right thing all the time, and let the rewards seek you out.\u00a0 That way you are not wasting everyone else’s time.<\/p>\n
P: But…<\/p>\n
A: Speaking of, you will be charged for my time. Have a good day.<\/p>\n
P: Now, you wait a minute… Friar.\u00a0 I was a Pope!\u00a0 I demand answers!<\/p>\n
A: Then I suggest you take to your knees and start praying.\u00a0 It might help.\u00a0 Never know…\u00a0 Maybe this time you will actually get an answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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