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The Machine-God made the universe, his perfect machine, the '''Great Work'''. He made humanity, and put them into it so that they might flourish, and do so by knowledge, which begets improvement, which allows understanding. Like the [[Ecclesiarchy]], the Mechanicus believes that the human form is perfect, however the Machine Cult instead sees it as the perfect starting point in order to test His followers. The flesh was made weak by the Machine God to test them. Their role in life is to learn all there is to learn, to improve upon what the Machine-God gave them, and enrich his creation in the process.{{Fn|21b}}

Some believe that organic life is the Machine-God’s greatest accomplishment within the scope of the Great Work. The Machine God created the complex weaknesses of flesh so his followers might learn metallic strength, and ascend to his level of machinic perfection.{{Fn|15c}} Thus striving to improve upon it and replace it, however, abandoning his numerous gifts is done at great peril. For to give up one's soul is the great sin of the Cult Mechanicus. The soul must be understood, not despised. Such is life’s great test.{{Fn|16b}}