While Jobitarianism bears some resemblance to many older religions -
especially Christianity - it also places enormous emphasis on tackling
the causes of doubt and scepticism. Thus it generally sees
scepticism as a starting point to the path of enlightenment - faith
that triumphs over doubt is considered more valuable than faith that is
accepted without question. Jobitarianism encourages its
followers to ask the toughest philosophical questions, particularly the
“Question of Evil” - why would an omnipotent,
omniscient, all-loving God allow His creatures to suffer at
all? With its overtones of meditation and mysticism,
Jobitarians believe that such questions must be
“felt” rather than
“understood”. One of its more
comprehensible tenets, however, regards the relationship between the
material universe and what sentient beings perceive as
“evil”. Things that cause harm are either
the result of the “natural” state of the universe,
or the result of misguided free will. It is thus the duty of
sentient life to improve upon the universe, to minimise harm and to
establish a more balanced sense of justice. The question
remains, however, how this could be achieved without interfering with
free will.
Jobitarianism still exists in many parts of the Terragen Sphere, and
has gained a strong foothold in some human polities of the Archaipelago
following the Attacks of 8400.
