@14 Chakras
You posted as I posted there...
Very good points... I had not considered one thing you alluded too. The beasties created by the energy given to them by the believers are what I know of as egregores. In Ceremonial Magick they are created intentionally by the group as a sort of energy store that can be tapped by the group as and when they need it. Under proper control they are harmless but with such mass and varied belief being applied over millennia and from so many different and untrained directions I could imagine it being a bit of a horror.
Now that makes sense to me... The false God finding a weakness in me whilst I was reading the Book that allowed it the be created, and jumping in to try and brow beat me into submission... hmm... I wonder...
Thank you for reminding me of things I had forgotten I already knew