8542. The greatest care is taken to prevent anyone from slipping into perverse ways of thinking about the one and only Lord. If they see that others are starting to think of Him wrongly they first of all warn them; after that they issue threats to check them, and finally they resort to punishments. They said they have noticed that if any such perversity creeps into a family, that family is removed from their midst, not by any death penalties administered by companions, but by being deprived of breath and therefore of life by spirits who have already threatened them with death. For on that planet spirits talk to people, chastizing them if they have done what is bad, and also if they have intended to do anything bad, 7801-7812. Consequently if they think in a bad way about the one and only Lord, they are threatened with death if they do not come to their senses. This is the manner in which worship of the Lord, who for them is the Supreme Divine One, is preserved.