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"Against The Lafayette Escadrille" .…
21 Aug 2008, 21:44
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And then there's Swanwick.... .…
21 Aug 2008, 17:32
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Except that one guy in that Jack Vance novel. Aillas. That was him. Suldrun's Garden. Lyonesse I. .…
14 Aug 2008, 23:41
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I tried, Lord knows. Maybe put a big rock over it? .…
14 Aug 2008, 21:30
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I believe that would be one that is creme-filled and chocolate covered. .…
14 Aug 2008, 21:28
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I remember the Good Humor man. I guess inhumu flavored ice cream just didn't take off. I know that liver flavored ice cream was a big flop. .…
14 Aug 2008, 20:29
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But would a gay inhumu be an inhomo? I am ashamed. .…
14 Aug 2008, 12:05
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I don't think that pleading is an accurate description of what Mark was doing. That's enough out of me: I risk indulging in the very pedantry I deplore. .…
14 Aug 2008, 05:48
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To answer Mark's questions in order: it's not, no, and so what? People divide into those who wish to control the actions of others and those who do not. The motivations of the fir…
13 Aug 2008, 20:47
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Why is it important to you that other people should conform to your standards of correctness, Mark? If you understand what they are saying, is it really necessary that you point ou…
13 Aug 2008, 19:18
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GB is OK. I know that Wolfe likes him (he told me so). Not quite on the Wolfe/Crowley level, but a good solid writer. .…
07 Aug 2008, 12:23
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Very interesting. The earliest layer of religion in the Old Testament is (according to some) tree worship. .…
02 Aug 2008, 01:45
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Closely reasoned and, I believe, as close to correct as anything is in the World. .…
29 Jul 2008, 22:28
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Could just be sadism. Yet another way in which the 'castration aliens' resemble God/angels and so on, who tend to be pretty sadistic, and apparently enjoy messing with people that …
24 Jul 2008, 22:32
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I mean, here you are, the autarch out by yourself in the woods with your six year old son or daughter. Whatever happens happens to cut you off from your support and bodygaurds and …
24 Jul 2008, 17:22
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I was making a tiny joke. Poor little joke! It's just good clean fun. .…
24 Jul 2008, 17:17
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OK son, take the little knife and break Daddy's skull open.... .…
24 Jul 2008, 14:49
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It doesn't look like it. Ambrosia is a type of honey, and nektar a type of mead. I am not sure if GW knows this, but I bet he does, he knows all sorts of other odd stuff. If he do…
23 Jul 2008, 08:44
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On a case by case basis. It's usually pretty obvious. If it involves raping babies it is normally evil, for instance. .…
21 Jul 2008, 14:15
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What is your problem? Everything that happens is the will of God. Everything that actually happens. This is a necessary concomitant of God being both omnipotent and omniscient. …
21 Jul 2008, 12:42
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Mine works. .…
21 Jul 2008, 12:16
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A foolish person attempting to rob me may be the will of God. So may my shooting him. If you attack the Persians you will destroy a great empire. .…
21 Jul 2008, 03:56
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Fine, fine. Everyone's got to have a hobby. .…
21 Jul 2008, 01:42
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Well, if that's the kind of thing you enjoy, you go right ahead and do that. I find it instructive to read the bits in the Bible where humans encounter angels, especially Abraham …
21 Jul 2008, 01:22
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You don't have to know the details, you just have to know that everything is OK. Since nothing happens save by the will of God, everything that happens is OK. It works for me. …
21 Jul 2008, 00:08
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I am sure that those undergoing the one or the other notice the difference, and appreciate it. The World ends every time a person dies. .…
21 Jul 2008, 00:05
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No. I am suggesting that genocide is just one of the things God does, at least according to the books. Who is it who is destroying the World in Revelations? Is it evil genocidal al…
20 Jul 2008, 23:20
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Have you read Revelations? .…
20 Jul 2008, 20:55
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Ah! .…
20 Jul 2008, 11:20
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LU2? .…
20 Jul 2008, 08:37
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Also, Hierogrammate means something like 'Holy Word-carrier' which is pretty close to the meaning of angel, which is (i believe) messenger.... .…
19 Jul 2008, 03:28
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Thomas Bitterman writes: Self defense is an immediate response to aggression. It can include a pre-emptive attack. However, if someone attacks you and does whatever it is he is go…
18 Jul 2008, 18:01
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The Fatah was the extremely rapid spread of Islam out of Arabia and throughout the middle east in the generation or two following Muhammed. The Muslim conquest, more or less. .…
18 Jul 2008, 15:36
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Angra Manyu, or Ahriman, is the Zoroastrian (the Persian) Devil. .…
18 Jul 2008, 00:35
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The concept of 'the planet Earth', is very new. Planets are lights that wander around in the sky. Earth is either the ground or the plane of the ecliptic (cf "Hamlet's Mill" for th…
17 Jul 2008, 13:53
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Actually, a hymn called 'Onward Christian Harlots' has real potential. .…
17 Jul 2008, 08:21
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Good for you, I say. Arguments are down the hall. .…
17 Jul 2008, 08:19
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It's also reminiscent of the bit in the Quran where God creates Adam and orders the angels to bow to him (all do except Satan and his people). .…
17 Jul 2008, 03:33
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What happens in the volume of space around a supernova when the radiation wave goes through it? Would anything living here survive if Sirius went supernova? Perhaps some thousands …
17 Jul 2008, 01:55
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I don't have a problem with that. But then, I don't have a problem with God doing evil either. Everything that occurs being the will of God, and evil things occurring.... .…
17 Jul 2008, 01:51
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We're talking about the stuff that's in Aristotle, right? Aristotle was not making stuff up: he was recording what people thought. For a specifically Christian reference there's …
17 Jul 2008, 00:50
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Arjuna saw his uncles, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, and comrades. (1.26) Seeing fathers-in-law, all those kinsmen, and other dear ones stand…
17 Jul 2008, 00:43
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The people who came up with Christianity, way back when, thought the World was like this. Everybody did, more or less, irregardless of religion. They did right up through about 15…
17 Jul 2008, 00:17
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!! You are assuming that they are all random. What if you could cause them? Or meteor strikes, directing large rocks at planets inhabited by one's enemies is well within human ca…
16 Jul 2008, 18:57
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Yes. It is the faith that saves, not the religion. Also, if someone is being another religion, it is because that is what God wants them to do. Nothing happens save by the will of …
16 Jul 2008, 18:34
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What is it, one supernova a year, somewhere in the Universe? And common or garden variety novas are much more common, I don't have any idea how common. I don't see anything to get…
16 Jul 2008, 18:29
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Does Mel Gibson reject Vatican II? If so, Mel Gibson is a heretic. I believe that Gene Wolfe, in common with the current and the previous popes, subscribes to a conservative interp…
16 Jul 2008, 18:21
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It's not a position. It's a speech. Also, render unto Caesar what is Caesar's (if called upon to serve in the military, for instance). Pacifism is at best a Christian ideal, I don…
16 Jul 2008, 18:13
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I know Wolfe considers himself to be orthodox. What bits of heresy do you accuse him of? I don't see any that's explicitly in there.... .…
16 Jul 2008, 17:17
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Some people maybe take this stuff a little too seriously.... .…
16 Jul 2008, 06:46
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