What's So Great About Ushas?

Paul B · 10 Jul 2008, 16:06 · from 2008-July.txt.gz

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From: pb.stuff at gmail.com (Paul B)
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:06:39 -0400
Subject: (urth) What's So Great About Ushas?
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The fundamental moral facts in this case are that 1.) we know they can save
the population of Urth and 2.) they choose not to.  This makes any outcome
morally suspect according to most ethical frameworks.  As long as 1.) and
2.) are facts, the Hierogrammates cannot be good guys.

Incidentally, if I remember correctly as far as terminology goes the Hieros
are an ascended race that the Hierogrammates (aliens) need as their own
creators.

Paul

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:55 AM, O'Donnell, Tim (BOSI) <
Tim.O'Donnell at bankofscotland.ie <Tim.O%27Donnell at bankofscotland.ie>> wrote:

> I guess my problem with that is - why tell the humans that the Hieros are
> going to wipe out the planet?
> Just cause the flood anyway and then tell the survivors and those
> repopulating the Earth that it was a natural disaster.
>
> Then you could instil in the people the idea that the Hieros were the
> ultimate saviours of man by helping them post-flood.
>
> I am not a Catholic and have no particular axe to grind but any other
> explanation of the Hieros seems unnecessary to me.
>
> The Hieros are a higher order of imperfect vessels attempting to become
> like God.
> It doesn't mean that their solution was perfect, but that in no way means
> they are evil.
>
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-- 
Paul Borochin
PhD student, Fuqua School
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