An Old mystery ...

Son of Witz · 04 Dec 2008, 21:30 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:30:06 +0000
Subject: (urth) An Old mystery ...
Message-ID: <W2617218363108041228426206@webmail28>


>Well, the flood of Noah was eugenics too, in a way then.  The cultures and
>peoples of Urth have lost there way in BotNS.   They dying sun is a direct
>reflection (and cause, and reflection and cause and etc.) of the decaying
>nature of Urth society and it's people.  Surely god could have done
>something to change the minds of the people of Noahs time, or something
>else, rather than destroying them all.  But he didn't.  A new humanity was
>needed.  The Hierogrammates implated the worm because, ostensibly (and here
>I don't have the evidence at hand) Humanity was out of control.  The
>Humanity of Typhons reign was heading in a satanic direction.  Now, the
>conciliator comes along and sets things in a bit of a new direction, but the
>world is still decaying, built upon the ruins of civilzations
>past...fragmented, disconnected, distant from the Increate.  So, how would
>taking all of these folks to other worlds be a better choice?   Only if
>there isn't a metaphisical aspect of the soul does saving their earthly
>bodies matter.  If the race isn't destroyed, then the further generations of
>mankind will continue to degrade.  You will have more Baldanders.  You may
>have the victory of the Acians.  Who knows.  But the direction the world is
>headed in New Sun is not good.  So, a return to paradise is needed.  And
>look what becomes of it.  A peaceful society that breeds the Green Man, a
>race completely at harmony with it's environment.  Isn't that the 'good
>thing' in the ultimate sense that you are looking for?  Or is the world of
>Master Ash, where mankind has scattered again to the stars (those that could
>be evacuated) and the world left to die in ice.  That is the alternative to
>the Flood.  We see that future, and it is horrific.
>
>The future of the Green Man IS the textual evidence of the goodness of the
>flood, in my opinion.


Out of the ballpark, Jordon. Nice work!!!

~witz

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