The Eaters believed in a god and Fate. Consumption of what was generally not eaten in civilized society (bodily wastes, sand, bark, moss, bones, etc.) was seen as a way of becoming close to the fabric of Fate. This left adherents in a state of malnutrition. The prophet consumed other sentient pan-humans alive and described this as "the blessed gift of transubstantiation." The Eaters reviled the Culture.