Why would magically animated undead like zombies be turned by a holy cleric?

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First off, wow! Great quote!

Originally Posted by Fish

If some warrior has already gone to his god-mandated eternal reward, drinking mead from the skulls of his enemies and lounging in firelit halls with buxom sopranos of negotiable hospitality, mere mortals have not the power to intervene.

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I can really see Kromm's point about the gods considering the cycle of life and death theirs. You might have a dead body, and an articulated mannequin animated by exactly the same magic, but divine magic affects the animated corpse, because it's very existence offends the gods.