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[TamerVirus]

Blessed are the bugs, for they will inherit the Earth

[TD1]

If the Bible were for bugs, it'd mean bugs are (the one and only correct) God's chosen people. They would rule the Earth and all the animals on it. Formiciform forumites would ponder what the Bible would be like if it were for apes instead, and whether ants would care.

I mean... you're aware of which side of that comparison has the biomass advantage, yeah? What feasts on the flesh of even more things than humans do, and in greater quantities? Ants don't need forums or theology to rule this world to their pleasure

'Course, going that route you can go even further; by mass bacteria and whatnot rule this planet functionally unopposed. Even us humans are nothing more than feeding grounds for them. You can say they don't have great philosophies and such, but they clearly have no need for them, so...

Their philosophy is singular: Consume

[dragdeler]

Plus they fit through a needle's eye (bronze age size) so imagine all work they spare at heavens burocracy. A bit like you need this tall to ride this ride.

Their philosophy is singular: Consume

So they're people jjst like us?







edit: imagine spending your life on the scripture just to show up at heavens gate, be showered by petrus with some pheromones and he just looks at you dumbfounded for the rest of eternity waiting for an answer

[Il Palazzo]

Oh, heavens! All the carcass you'll ever want, and everyone gets to be the queen. And if you're a parasitoid wasp, you get 72 virginal larvae to lay your eggs in, and they never die while they're eaten from the inside.

[dragdeler]

virginal larvae

Those goddamn slutty nymphs!

[Rolan7]

If the Bible were for bugs, it'd mean bugs are (the one and only correct) God's chosen people. They would rule the Earth and all the animals on it. Formiciform forumites would ponder what the Bible would be like if it were for apes instead, and whether ants would care.

I mean... you're aware of which side of that comparison has the biomass advantage, yeah? What feasts on the flesh of even more things than humans do, and in greater quantities? Ants don't need forums or theology to rule this world to their pleasure

'Course, going that route you can go even further; by mass bacteria and whatnot rule this planet functionally unopposed. Even us humans are nothing more than feeding grounds for them. You can say they don't have great philosophies and such, but they clearly have no need for them, so...

Their philosophy is singular: Consume

There's a Shadowrun Returns module with this general idea, using humans (shamans?) as pawns.  Spoopy stuff.

[Frumple]

Insect shamans are super bad juju in shadowrun, yeah. They're inevitably insane and usually some variety of turbohostile to intelligent life in particular, iirc. It shows up in some of the novels, too... want to say even some of the older games.

[King Zultan]

I wonder what people would do if they realized that the chirping bugs outside their house were profits of Bug God trying to save their souls?

[TD1]

If they thought there was profit in them, probably proceed to exploit them ruthlessly.

[delphonso]

I wonder what people would do if they realized that the chirping bugs outside their house were profits of Bug God trying to save their souls?

I'd stop finding them soothing and start getting a boot.

[Uthimienure]

What profits a bug if it gains access to the house, lest it be a prophet itself?
For surely death awaits all bugkind that enter the domiciles of the titans.

[Frumple]

You jest, hopefully. Even well poisoned and constructed buildings are generally quite infested by all sorts of bugs. If they're not inside rooms, they're inside walls and the ceiling, under the floor, in and around the piping, on the roof, etc. Death awaits some of them, but for most it is a comfortable land, indeed.

[Il Palazzo]

Don't forget the bugs that live on humans.

[TamerVirus]

Don't forget the bugs that live on humans.

Mite be cool

[dragdeler]

I don't have it on hand but I'm pretty sure the perfect answer was spoken in mid atlantic accent and somewhat upbeat about the potential of science.