They are subservient to an idea that they have to express, which is the idea of God, right, and God is real.

它们臣服于那个需要它们阐释的观点，上帝的观点，是的，上帝也是实实在在的。

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You have some kind of a lord, I mean a king, for lack of a better name, a monarch who fundamentally rules and everybody is subject to him.

你会想到领主,也就是国王,我想不出更好的说法了,统治者制定规则,一切都要臣服于他

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