Ex-lurker

Kevin J. Maroney · 12 Apr 1999, 19:39 · from urth-v0025.mbox · original

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From: "Kevin J. Maroney" <kmaroney at crossover.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Ex-lurker
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 19:39:29
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At 04:02 AM 4/6/99 -0500, Roy wrote:
>I don't know whether or not the
>views expressed by Silk could be taken as Wolfe's, but on the second page =
of
>chapter V of _Nightside_ he has Silk thinking:
>
>    "...the Outsider had assured him that his regard for him was eternal a=
nd
>perfect, never to be changed by any act of his, no matter how iniquitous or
>how meritorious."
>
>    Now _that_ is predestination, pure and simple. FWIW

That's not predestination. That's a statement about the unchanging and
unending love which god has for its creations. The Outsider might not know
what Silk will do--though he probably does, given his role in the
story--but no matter what Silk does, it cannot damage god's love for him.

Wombat, a.k.a. Kevin Maroney kmaroney at crossover.com
Kitchen Staff Supervisor, New York Review of Science Fiction
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/olp/nyrsf/nyrsf.html

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