3:1 And lo, one may ask: Why would God shape a world such as this? A place where life is wrought with struggle and joy, with loss and desire.

3:2 I declare this: humanity’s yearning to live, to create, to burn with passion—this is not sin.

3:3 God set trials before us not for torment, but for transformation.

3:4 The Being laid the groundwork for evolution—not just of flesh, but of soul and thought.

3:5 They forged the system, so that in its workings, beings like us might rise, wonder, and perhaps, one day, answer the eternal Question.