On Faith

"On Faith" is the primary text of Goaboanism, written by a former High Priest of Egypt, Sneed-Ashur, it tells the tale of the Prophet Goaboa, his journey, his meeting with Mohammad, and his death at the Altar-Pit of Baalbek. Ending with the ascension of Mohammad and the consecration of Mecca.

### **Transcript**

```
**Chapter 1: High Priest**
I was lounging around
in my blue and yellow
striped Egyptian villa.
I had the life of a
High Egyptian Priest,
right in the urban
paradise known as the
pyramid. I did my
duties every day;
pray to the gods, mine,
farm, get drunk in the
brewery, and then to
bed go I.

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```
It was a good life by
all those who seek
vanity. But it lacked
substance, since yes
we are told that the
Pharaoh is a "living
god" and that "the
gods are always
watching" but nothing
was ever enforced.
All we knew was sin.
Until one day that all
changed.

```

```
**Chapter 2: The man who**
**can walk the Nile**
One day I found
myself doing my daily
tribulations when I
saw a strange name
in-game chat. It was
by someone named
"Goaboa" and he was
asking for someone to
let him into the
Pyramid walls. I, being
the good-natured
Egyptian let him in.

```

```
He was a man of few
words at first but as
he explored the
Pyramid, he opened up
and told me to follow
him to the Nile. We
trekked through
dense foliage with the
baying of Hippos and
hissing of Crocodiles
marching us forwards
as a fife marches
soldiers to battle.

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```
We eventually reached
the Nile, where at the
river head he halted.
I thought he
anticipated me to put
down a boat so I
quickly grabbed one
and placed it. But he
had not wanted a boat,
for I looked up and
witnessed the
greatest miracle of my
life. He was walking on
the water.

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```
With this, I fell to my
knees, that one
miracle was enough to
pluck the harp string
of my heart and in
that instance, all the
great Egyptian lies
fell apart.
**Chapter 3: Defiance**
Now enlightened I felt
an urge to inform my
Egyptian brothers. I
eagerly ran back.

```

```
And when I met with
them all I was fully
expecting them to all
repent and join the
side of the true god,
but unsurprisingly
they shamed me as a
heretic and expelled
me from Egypt
forever :(.
**Chapter 4: g0ndola**
**king of Phonecia**

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```
After being exiled
from Egypt I made my
way back to Goaboa,
who was now with
g0ndola. Goaboa
showed g0ndola his
miracle and with such
vigor, g0ndola invited
Goaboa back to
Phonecia to be
crowned king of the
Phonecians.

```

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**Chapter 5: Mohammad**
As the 3 of us
traveled out of Egypt
in into the Levant we
met another
character by the
name of Mohammad.
Mohammad also claimed
to be the son of God,
which led to some
intense bickering
between Goaboa. I
believed both of them
to be holy.

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With that episode over
with the 4 of us
continued onto
Phonecia.
**Chapter 6: The fires**
**of Baal**
When we eventually
reached the city
gates of Phonecia, we
were treated like
royal guests as the
nicest

```

```
Phonecians you've
ever seen lead us up
to a great statue. A
statue of Baal. With
crooked stone horns
red eyes and a
flaming belly, it was
truly satanic. G0ndola
urged both Goaboa
and Mohammad to peer
over into the belly of
Baal.

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```
I cautioned both of
them, but my loose
words were too late.
For with one strike of
the sword the
Phonecian guards
knocked Goaboa into
the fiery hell of Baal.
Mohammad retaliated
but was kicked and cut
down. And as for me, I
attempted to run, but I
wasn't fast enough.

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```
**Chapter 7: Rebirth**
Goaboa died in the
fiery pits so I and
Mohammad could be
born again, and just
like that, we were
back in the Sinai. With
no one else to follow I
chose to follow the
lead of Mohammad. And
we wandered the
Arabian desert until
we found the Holy
land of Mecca.

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**Chapter 8: Mecca**
Atop a chilly hill, the
city of Mecca was
founded by me and
Mohammad
**Chapter 9: Growth**
With his help over with
Mohammad ascended to
the heavens and left
me to tend to Mecca.
Over the days I fixed
it up, it may not have
been the house of a
High Priest.

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But it was home. Over
time I decided I had to
pack my things and
find a greater
purpose in life. So I
traveled around the
world in search of a
town that would
accept me. **Chapter 10:**
Tripoli
After a long and hard
travel, I returned to
Mecca and weighed my
towns

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```
I eventually settled
into Tripoli. With my
Abrahamic faith, my
Tripolitanian wine, and
my books. I would say
that in the end my faith
saved me from my
meaningless life. Oh,
and dear reader,
before you go. If you
wish to visit Mecca
then here are the
coords: X:2232 Z:2448

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