Creators and Creations, it's complicated
A few years ago, I wrote and published a science fiction trilogy (The Masterless Sword). The foundational premise of this trilogy is that scientists created new biological creatures to be used in warfare in place of ordinary human beings.
They started with the raw material of
humanity, and then genetically engineered soldiers for special purposes.
When these new species of warriors had
been around for a while, they differentiate between ordinary human beings and the
scientists who created them—their creators.
Some of these creatures view their creators
with reverence, while others blame them for all of the bad things in their lives.
Still others are utterly indifferent
to their creators, and to the wishes of those they were originally built to protect
and serve.
The creators, for their part, do not
seek reverence from their creations. Rather,
they do what they can to enable them to have the opportunity to be as happy and
fulfilled as they can be.
After a global cataclysm occurs, the
hold that humanity has over these creations is broken, and they are free to act
according to their own desires and inclinations. With the passage of time and the diminution of
science, the true origins of the created races and the true nature of their creators
becomes lost and shrouded in fantasy and fiction. This further changes the views of the created
relative to the creators.
As I wrote these books, these conflicting
and changing views about the creators and their creations arose naturally from the
characters and their circumstances. The reason
they arose in my books is because human nature has remained essentially unchanged
throughout the millennia of written human history.
People in our “enlightened” world today
are driven by the same urges, fears, and aspirations that have driven our ancestors
throughout history.
Lust for Power
Some people just want to be left alone
to survive by providing for their own needs and those of their loved ones without
interference from others. They are content
to be what they are and are not looking to grow into something beyond what they
are today. These people are not interested
or concerned about being better or worse than anyone else.
Others are constantly seeking growth. They are never content for very long with their
triumphs. Instead, they are constantly seeking
ways to expand the limits of their abilities and knowledge. These people are always looking to be better than
they were the day before.
Some people are not content unless they
can command others to do their bidding. Some
of these people want this power so that they can live off the labors of others,
while a few want this power over others simply for its own sake. It fills them with a feeling of superiority. These people feel like they are somehow better
than others because they have power and authority over others. In one regard, they can be summed up in the phrase,
“If you were smarter/better than me, I would be working for you instead of the other
way around.” These powermongers are directly
responsible for most of the ills that have afflicted humanity throughout history.
These powermongers wrap their
lust for power in the mantle of altruism.
They want power so that they can compel us to do (and think) what (they believe)
will make us happy and healthy. In other words, because they say they want what is best for us, we should do as they say.
Others of these powermongers know that
they want power for its own sake. They will
use or discard altruistic arguments at will according to what the need of the moment
is to secure or increase their power base.
The relationship between creator
and created is never as simple as most make it out to be. This is as true in fiction as in
reality. Unless the creator reveals the
relationship openly and frankly—as God has—the created cannot ever possess
sufficient capacity to perceive the relationship and the purpose of their
existence on their own.
Fortunately for us, God has been
working hard for millennia to give us clear, frank, and unequivocal information
about our relationship to him and our purpose.
Unfortunately, His clear purposes
and directions don’t lend themselves to the amassing of power in the hands of
ambitious people, so these ambitious people have been easily co-opted by the
Grand Conspirator to take measures to obfuscate and hide information which
helps us to correctly understand this critical relationship, our purposes, and
the behaviors that will inevitably result in our greatest happiness.
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Tom Sheppard is a business consultant and coach to small business owners and individuals. He is a recognized author with dozens of titles in business and fiction to his credit. One of his endeavors is to help those who want to see their own book in print. He does this through his trademarked Book Whispering Process (TM).
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