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  "thread": {
    "id": 131,
    "subject": "\"It is now safe to power off your gods\"",
    "messages": 1,
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    "first": "1997-02-25T17:04:48+00:00",
    "last": "1997-02-25T17:04:48+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0003-0183@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "David_Lebling",
        "address": "david_lebling at avid.com"
      },
      "date": "1997-02-25T17:04:48+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) \"It is now safe to power off your gods\"",
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          "text": "alga,\n\nI think you're wrong about the gods being turned off.  First, the\nTrivigauntis do talk to Sphigx, or at least they think they do.  The\nrelevant quote is when Siyuf or Saba is turning up her nose at the idea\nof figuring out the will of the gods from the entrails of animals.  She\nsays (paraphrased), \"We just ask Sphigx and she tells us.\" Now, maybe\nshe means the priestesses of Sphigx tell them, but...\n\nIn addition, we have evidence that other cities (Wick? Palustria?) have\nhad theophanies since the death of Pas, at least from Quetzal.  He\nmentions the other gods bragging about it in other cities.\n\n(I wish I had a spare set of the books here at work -- I usually write\nthese things while I've got a long compilation running, but I've only\ngot a paperback of _Calde_ here.  Then I'd give you page numbers, oodles\n'o page numbers.  Maybe I'll find time tonight...)\n\n     -vizcacha\n     (watch that extra 'a'!)\n     (david_lebling at avid.com)\n\nQuestions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com"
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