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Laughing out loud.…
17 Feb 2009, 19:54
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Good points. I'd forgotten completely about the sword as staff without it's guard. And yeah, I'm taller, but I wouldn't mess with Severian. thanks, ~witz…
17 Feb 2009, 19:39
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yeah, we had discussed this over curry. You're right about Severian not having been on Tzadkiel's ship as of that writing. Using the rising angle is not a bad idea at all, that's …
17 Feb 2009, 19:37
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Thanks for that. in the web references I saw, the Heraldric(?) uses of the term indicates flying, and usually shows wings. and then with the description of the coin "flying ship" i…
17 Feb 2009, 18:07
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I thought writing "wandering swordsman" might invite that objection. but, so, you acknowledge that this phenomenon would exist, just that it wouldn't really be a problem since the…
17 Feb 2009, 17:46
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thanks. during that scene, the shield wall of Nessus is visible, and has climbed almost half across the sun. something like that. It's still a stretch away from the sanquinary …
14 Feb 2009, 17:11
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Ooh. I like. thanks. cant make the show though.…
14 Feb 2009, 00:25
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Ha. NO KIDDING! Incidentally, I looked for those bands on With that name, they must be a total fanboy band emulating their heroes I suppose. SC3's mastermind, Trey Spruance was…
13 Feb 2009, 22:50
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anybody have a dark oubliette or dram shop to suggest for gathering? bars are only on my radar if a band I like is playing there. ~witz…
13 Feb 2009, 21:28
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Thanks Dan'l, Allan. I don't want to bore anyone with thanks any time someone makes a compliment, but I don't like to be rude and ignore such, either. I'm well familiar with baby-…
13 Feb 2009, 20:18
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ah, come on. we can have some beer and arm wrestle over this Christological question. :) Potlach. nah. never had heard of it. ~Mike…
13 Feb 2009, 18:55
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Lets. Tim Walters is SF too, right, or did I get my wires crossed with the other Tim? ~Witz…
13 Feb 2009, 18:11
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when I read Urth, I thought he had a fair amount of reservations and guilt. When he went back in time he lamented that he had abandoned the survivors. I agree that he obeyed and w…
11 Feb 2009, 21:41
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Regarding that post from the archives, I'll quote the relevant section: """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 03:26:43 -0800 (PST) From: Mat…
11 Feb 2009, 17:49
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here's a telling bit I like, that led me to have form ideas about Sev/Christ: Claw I, first paragraph: "Morwenna's face floated in the single beam of light, lovely and framed in h…
10 Feb 2009, 22:47
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And Severian becomes more like the Pope than Christ, especially considering Roy's quote about the Conciliator's conciliation as a mundane and semipolitical one, as opposed to one w…
10 Feb 2009, 22:39
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I'm gonna have to read that. I was thinking, as I read, "hello, Allah is Yahweh" even though many don't realize it. then you mentiond the controversy of Tashian. Sounds like grea…
10 Feb 2009, 18:57
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Multiple Christs. I don't come to this from the current discussion of many worlds, many beings to be saved, but from the idea that there are subsequent, serial creations of a unive…
10 Feb 2009, 18:54
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I'm actually not sure of the difference. thanks for your explanation.…
09 Feb 2009, 20:28
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Matthew, I'm sure this will illustrate my ignorance in these waters, but... Isn't the notion of this Redemption that Christ achieved exegesis? Or is it textual in the NT? And isn'…
09 Feb 2009, 20:03
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Yes, I agree in that Severian does not embody the crucifixion theme. He does not make that kind of sacrifice, nor does he know who he ultimately serves, unless he takes Tzadkiel at…
09 Feb 2009, 18:14
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Quasi-Christ works right? can we agree on that? you guys have convinced me that, ontologically speaking, Severian ain't Christ. but: "A god's supposed to pull on a man just like …
07 Feb 2009, 21:39
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This is not something I was aware of. thanks. you know, it's good sometimes to blurt out your perceptions and misconceptions in public, because people are often forced to educat…
07 Feb 2009, 21:32
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Roy, I wasn't trying to argue Severian as Christ again. you mention the nature of the Conciliator according to the text. here's one you may have forgotten: from Chap XXI of Sword: …
07 Feb 2009, 00:46
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I completely agree. I've understood it as GOD, the Godhead, is indescribable, but that inaccessibility is the main reason for Jesus to be. To give us a path. This is where the Lo…
06 Feb 2009, 16:43
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Cool. A priest. I love the internet for grouping unlike minds together. Very sorry if anything I've said has offended you, good sir. I like that you directly knocked down my argum…
05 Feb 2009, 22:00
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I didn't call anyone here heretics. I said many Orthodox I've met consider Catholics heretics. I'm not Christian. I've made clear that my own…
05 Feb 2009, 18:35
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: You can't critique ANYTHING without SOMEONE getting offended. B first) "Hair-pulling to get a reaction" what, so you're saying I'm a tr…
05 Feb 2009, 17:17
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my very small tangent did have to do with BotNS, in that people are arguing about the Severian Christ issue as if there is one understanding of Christ, so I pointed out that ev…
05 Feb 2009, 15:14
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sorry I've got some critical things to say about your momma. It ain't like she's innocent. *resists yo mama joke* No one complained when I bagged on Scientific Materialism. and "Fo…
05 Feb 2009, 07:14
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Fair points. I won't argue, because I don't completely endorse the ideas I mentioned, or very well educated about this. I especially agree with "there's always room for one mor…
05 Feb 2009, 04:04
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I'm not harshing on Catholics, I'm harshing on the Catholic Church. Like I might bag on Iran without offense to Iranians. I've couched any critique with apologies to Catholics wh…
05 Feb 2009, 03:19
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LOL. ~m…
04 Feb 2009, 18:37
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Having a sort of mystic bent to my understandings of this stuff, think the Filioque is a huge change. It takes the basic form of the Trinity and turns it into a flat, hierarchical…
04 Feb 2009, 18:31
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This is all very interesting. I don't understand how there can be only one interpretation of Christ, especially argued by Catholics, who are considered Heretics by the oldest, most…
04 Feb 2009, 17:39
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Good lord, Yes. I've got almost every album. some gaps in the early jazzbeau years. Saw him live once at the Paramount in Oakland. great set. all seated. they wouldn't let me dance…
23 Jan 2009, 00:05
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I'll be utterly shocked if Trey doesn't see through it pretty clearly. The man has a serious gift for insight. Watching The Black Rider stage play with him was revealing. he graspe…
22 Jan 2009, 23:42
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_______________________________ on a tangent, "interpretive violence" reminds me of Biblical Violence. I love this song: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=hella%20biblical%20v…
22 Jan 2009, 23:17
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violence? that may be overstepping. any great work is larger than it's author's intention. But I'm sympathetic with your feeling, despite having to poke at it a bit. What I don'…
22 Jan 2009, 22:56
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I thought about that Nicene creed last night too. It's purely Exegesis to insist that he was divine. I take a bit of issue with your comment about fictional things, though of cour…
22 Jan 2009, 22:02
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This is basically the spirit of my Severian / Christ / Logos comments. I think that JESUS could not be the only manifestation, so I've tried to steer clear of Jesus, and spoke of C…
22 Jan 2009, 20:28
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I'm not sure about corrupted. from the perspective of Long Sun only, I assumed he either thought he could save her and more, and got waylaid, or, symbolically that he copped out of…
22 Jan 2009, 19:21
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Shucks. you guys are the best. thanks for watching out for me. ~witz…
22 Jan 2009, 17:31
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I'm sitting under tubular flourescent bulbs (complete with shade unit) all day long, right now in fact. I guarantee there are shadows. they're sort of diffuse, but they are defin…
21 Jan 2009, 23:54
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whoops. that was stupid. I had two conflicting perceptions of the thing, and clarified in my mind as I wrote, but forgot to cut the translucent bit. It would have to be opaque.…
21 Jan 2009, 23:51
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well....... the sun turns. It may be a cylinder or a plane, but the point is that half of it is shaded. meaning, it's photon vectors are not omnidirectional. At some points the su…
21 Jan 2009, 22:31
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ha ha. duh. how did I miss the Rosebud joke in "The last Cylon is a sled" — genius.…
21 Jan 2009, 22:25
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I KNEW IT!!!…
21 Jan 2009, 21:44
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Exactly. When I read that I felt it did not invalidate the idea that he was providing a food source. Not having read much of short sun, it already has been suggested that there WA…
21 Jan 2009, 20:47
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That's how I read that passage too. but guys, I wasn't really trying to spark the debate. I suppose it can't be helped from such a provocative comment though. sorry. RE: BSG, I'v…
21 Jan 2009, 20:45
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