A thought on the Replicant Atheist

Oh man, where to begin?

Let's start with the obvious;

Atheist

noun

1. a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.

Replicate

adjective

1.Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.

verb (used with object), replicated, replicating.

2.

to bend or fold back:

a replicated leaf.

3.

to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce, especially for experimental purposes.

verb (used without object), replicated, replicating.

4.

to undergo replication.

noun

5.

something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.

When I put a name to the Replicants featured in the book, I did so with extreme and deliberate intent. This being said, I would like to familiarize you with the Replicant Atheist who is a relic found in the lowest pits beneath a pristine city. Buried. Forgotten. Intentionally removed from the Alias of human society.

We find this individual in complete disrepair. He is a mere husk of what he should represent. I did this because he is meant to personify supreme choice as well as the grim victory of consequence. This man determined that mankind need only strive to be himself, that all things were capable, accomplished, and definied in his own image and power. His title Atheist is a firm declaration of this--that the concept of gods need not apply when man is alreay empowered to the utmost of his capacity.

This is the theory of the Atheist upon which the Calibration was founded.

Atheist began to see that humankind is imperfect and can only reproduce that imperfection if left to model after itself, that he understood the Calibration would fail. So in a last ditch effort, he turned against his own ideas and began plotting to revert humankind to its overly curious self so that it could continue to question beyond what it was, thus generating impossible--more complete or ideal aspects of itself.

"The existence of a world without God seems to me less absurd than the presence of a God, existing in all his perfection, creating an imperfect man in order to make him run the risk of Hell." [Armand Salacrou, "Certitudes et incertitudes," 1943]