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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Just because the Church doesn't have the power to back up their desires, doesn't mean they want the coins in circulation. I would think they'd like a world in which neither the coins nor the knights exist. Free will would not be affected, as the knights wouldn't be around either.
Since that isn't an option being offered, they settle for deploying the knights to keep the coins out of circulation for as much of the time as they can manage.
What are the knights needed for anyway, if the coins don't exist?
That being said, I do agree that both are Meant To Be, regardless of what any puny mortals may think or wish.
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I beg to differ, but free will would be affected. Coins stand for greed, corruption, and other human flaws. And then there is more powerful ones like the one that Nicodemus has. How do you take all those 30 concepts away without altering free will? Why did the angels fall (blackened Denarien) if it wasn't for free will? Unfortunately I am not educated enough in the bible to know what the silver coins there are meant to do. Or how Jim Butcher altered their function in the Dresden Files. He sure is not only using the bible for reference, but other myths and legends as well.