I should preface first that this is not a direct response to her Ladyship, and second that I am part of the laity. I am not a historian, just a simple pilot, but I think confusion may arise outside Holy Amarr with respect to the reforms suggested in the thread about the test of faith. I feel I should offer an alternate perspective (nothing more) from one of the faith, to the curious throughout the cluster.
It is not uncommon for reformers, even those in secular societies, to see the need for cultural sea-change as particularly urgent. They witness the brazen corruption in the hearts of humanity that goes unchecked, which is very real. The statements from Pilot Kernher in the aforementioned thread are not unique in this way. However, Holy Amarr has existed for a very, very long time, and it was only through the grace of God and the wisdom to obey His Will that we arrived where we are: not Paradise, but Empire.
Many zealous believers demand that the Reclaiming be consumated “today, if not sooner,” but the nature of Reclaiming is not so base. Faith is never satisfied. When it falters, when corruption takes root in our hearts, it is because we have failed one another in our duty to God. Faith is a struggle, and the burden we bear together is that the struggle of Reclaiming the faithful will not end in our lifetimes. God meant for us to be here, now, to weather the storms to come before Paradise can be found.
My father used to tell me, “we are but a blink of the eye to the Sefrim, as they are to the Lord,” and it wasn’t to minimize our faith or our importance to God. It was a reminder that God sees time beyond our ability to know, and that the millennia-long road to Holy Amarr was built in earnest toward a future that our ancestors, the Chosen and their servants alike, would never know. They believed, and they doubted, but united in their faith to God they persevered. Faith became Empire, and to be worthy of Paradise, we must build upon Holy Amarr, not break it.
I hope that, in writing this, the meaning was not lost in the metaphor.