Abaia and the undines

Son of Witz · 06 Dec 2008, 00:16 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:16:57 +0000
Subject: (urth) Abaia and the undines
Message-ID: <W217641043543611228522617@webmail32>

>for example, I see no reason to assume that the Hierogrammates/Hierodules 
>really work for the Increate at all, or do his bidding, or that the 
>Increate caused the Flood any more than God causes the deaths of puppies).

What I find HARD to swallow, is the idea that a devout Catholic, a self-proclaimed "Catholic Author",  would write a sprawling Messianic tale about Death & Resurrection which had it's ultimate point that everything that seemed to be the Work of God was just a bunch of selfish manipulation by charlatanes.  

That is the most preposterous idea I've seen yet in conjunction with this work.

Does anyone thing a Believer in Christ would write a story this full of Christian symbolism just to yank the rug out from under you and say "sucker, you're faith is all a lie"?

I have to say, it's not a compelling reading.

~sonofwitz

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