Severian among the Ascians

brunians at brunians.org · 11 Dec 2008, 23:43 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:43:13 -0500 (EST)
Subject: (urth) Severian among the Ascians
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>> I'm reminded of the Mormon claim that Jesus spent some of the Missing
>> Years in America.

> I'm assuming that by Missing Years, you mean between age 8 and 30.  The
> Mormon claim is actually that Jesus spent time in America after his
> resurrection.

There are, apparently, (according to modern, Christian Polynesians)
pre-Christian Polynesian stories about some white guy going around on a
big boat around the time of Christ and doing miracles.

Also, and I don't think there is a connection, large numbers of Tongans
are Mormons (the official Church is Weslayan, and there are also a lot of
Catholics in Tonga).

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