I think that instead of making you believe something, it makes you become a rational person. That's why it "can only be programmed to make people believe what is true" and why Adria can't use it to convince everyone to follow her. The Ark can't be limited to indoctrinating only that which is true (how would it determine whether its own contents are true?). And people who think rationally would realize that it's wrong to forcefully convert people and that even if the Ori were as powerful as gods, it would be wrong to support them.
It's not so much that it makes you believe in something but that it teaches you to reason and think like the original Alterans, who were scientists and believed in free will. Of course, that's why it's ironic: by using the Ark, you technically subvert free will to think irrationally (and irrational people are free to dismiss the importance of free will) but at the same time, it makes the target respect free will.
The Ark has to change your attitude rather than just make you not believe in the Ori. Otherwise, the Doci and the priors would still be sadistic *******s, just ones who didn't believe in Origin. The fact that the Doci was sorry for what he did shows this. He could have just as easily reasoned that because he had thought the Ori were gods, he was doing the right thing at the time by converting everyone. Instead, he asked for mercy since he realizes just how wrong his actions were.
If the Ark truly works this way, it should be hooked up to a TV station and broadcast to everyone on Earth, after which time the Stargate program can be revealed without causing mass panic.
It's not so much that it makes you believe in something but that it teaches you to reason and think like the original Alterans, who were scientists and believed in free will. Of course, that's why it's ironic: by using the Ark, you technically subvert free will to think irrationally (and irrational people are free to dismiss the importance of free will) but at the same time, it makes the target respect free will.
The Ark has to change your attitude rather than just make you not believe in the Ori. Otherwise, the Doci and the priors would still be sadistic *******s, just ones who didn't believe in Origin. The fact that the Doci was sorry for what he did shows this. He could have just as easily reasoned that because he had thought the Ori were gods, he was doing the right thing at the time by converting everyone. Instead, he asked for mercy since he realizes just how wrong his actions were.
If the Ark truly works this way, it should be hooked up to a TV station and broadcast to everyone on Earth, after which time the Stargate program can be revealed without causing mass panic.
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