Indescribable Christ?

John Watkins · 06 Feb 2009, 15:39 · from 2009-February.txt.gz

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From: john.watkins04 at gmail.com (John Watkins)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:39:53 -0500
Subject: (urth) Indescribable Christ?
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On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:

>
> I'm not sure what the point of the story about the angel and the eagle,
> etc. really is intended to be. Angel is the English word that takes the
> place of the Greek angelos, "messenger", and someone bearing a message whose
> provenance is "I just guessed", is no messenger at all.
>


I take it that that is the point.  The so-called "angels" of the story are
not angels.  They are aliens.  Contrast them with the "messengers" in "The
Queen" or Michael in The Wizard Knight.




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