MARK GAVE INTO EVERY TEMPTATION IN ORDER TO APPEASE THE POWERES THAT BE DOWN HERE. HE THOUGHT HE COULD COPE WITH THEIR BRUTALITY AND THAT IF THERE WAS A GOD HE WOULD UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT HE COULD NOT FIGHT THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO MANY AND TOO HARD AND EVEN TOO HARSH FOR HIM ONE MERE MAN TO COPE WITH ( AND EVEN TOO VERY BRUTAL)
