User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/A question of morality/@comment-5709731-20121212201209/@comment-80.216.219.47-20121213011335

Breaking Man's divine connection to Lorkhan would undo Nirn, which is what the Altmer wants.

One way to do that is to stop the worship of Talos.

I'd say that stopping maniacs from destroying the world is worth almost anything.