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The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 15 Dec 2010
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Lee Berman — 15 Dec 2010, 12:14

> Lee Berman- But The Green Man is a significant alternate name for the pagan horned god, Great God Pan, 
> etc. Is Wolfe suggesting this is the ultimate and true, unified god of Briah?

> Matthew Weber- I really can't see how the text is suggesting such a thing any more than it's suggesting 
> that Jonas is the ultimate and true, unified god of Briah. Happy to reconsider if I'm missing something, 
> of course.

 
What I mean is that after the massive plot contortions and planetary upheavals, at the end of the story on
Ushas we are not left with much of anything that suggests a Christian outcome. No monotheism, no Savior.  
Instead we have 4 gods derived from human sources, two male, two female, two light, two dark. Plus a demon 
in the ocean. And a pagan symbol (Green Man) as the marker for this particular future.
  		 	   		  

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Son of Witz — 15 Dec 2010, 19:35
  in reply to Lee Berman

> On Dec 15, 2010, at 4:14 AM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Lee Berman- But The Green Man is a significant alternate name for the pagan horned god, Great God Pan, 
> > etc. Is Wolfe suggesting this is the ultimate and true, unified god of Briah?

> > Matthew Weber- I really can't see how the text is suggesting such a thing any more than it's suggesting 
> > that Jonas is the ultimate and true, unified god of Briah. Happy to reconsider if I'm missing something, 
> > of course.

> What I mean is that after the massive plot contortions and planetary upheavals, at the end of the story on
> Ushas we are not left with much of anything that suggests a Christian outcome. No monotheism, no Savior.  
> Instead we have 4 gods derived from human sources, two male, two female, two light, two dark. Plus a demon 
> in the ocean. And a pagan symbol (Green Man) as the marker for this particular future.
>                           

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