What's So Great About Ushas?

Adam Thornton · 05 Jun 2008, 23:53 · from 2008-June.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:53:51 -0500
Subject: (urth) What's So Great About Ushas?
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On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:21 PM, David Duffy wrote:

>
> So, pestilences and disasters (as opposed to war) ultimately come  
> from God in this best of all possible worlds, therefore the  
> suffering they engender is not evil per se.  [As a strong atheist, I  
> don't necessarily agree with these statements, you understand, but I  
> suspect Wolfe does in some way].

 From what I can tell of Wolfe from his writings and interviews, he  
doesn't think very highly of pacifism, and I suspect his God favors  
justice over mercy.  His Redeemer may not.  I think Wolfe may believe  
that a good Flood to drown the unrighteous every so often isn't a bad  
idea.

Adam

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