Editing TROS in the Hammer:Setting Religion (section)

===Why does bad stuff happen?===
The Informatio teaches that much of what SEEMS like bad stuff really isn't.  It raises the idea of "what does not kill you, makes you stronger" to the level of a virtue.  The Pastor taught that all matter and nature is like a blacksmith's anvil and hammer.  It batters a piece of metal over and over again, but not for the purpose of destruction; rather, the battering is to mold the metal into something new and better.

The Pastor also taught that much of what we call "evil" is really just people working and living contrary to the Instigo, the drive to become "higher".  However, there is another virtue in the Informatio called veneratio (reverence), which is probably its highest virtue.  To practice veneratio is to revere those things that are "high", and especially those things (i.e. people) that are "higher" than you are.  Thus, those that rule society, if they properly demonstrate their superiority to do so, are worthy of veneratio, and provide laws and customs that order society for optimum efficiency, in harmony with the Instigo.  To go contrary to these laws is to be contrary with the instigo, and show a lack of veneratio.  Thus, submission to proper (i.e. superior) authority is considered a good thing for the most part, EXCEPT when the authorities have proven their incompetence and lack of superiority.  Also, as all of humanity is considered the pinacle of nature, respect for one's fellow humans, their wishes and needs, is considered essential to a proper understanding of veneratio.  Things such as murder, rape, theft, etc., are not viewed as "evil" so much as showing a lack of respect for both the individual and for the society as a whole.