(urth) A very interesting interview indeed

[Joel and Rachel Wilhelm]

The central message of the Church is that man is saved by grace from  
God - not due to moral perfection. Wolfe has deeply flawed characters  
who nevertheless are used by the Divine - not unlike Biblical  
characters (David for example). I see no contradiction.

Joel W.



On Sep 8, 2006, at 6:13 PM, urth-request at lists.urth.net wrote:

>
> The most striking manifestation of this to me is Sev's behavior
> when he's arrested in UOTNS. He messes up  bunch of soldiers, and
> then he kills the prison governess almost immediately upon meeting
> her. If I were a Christian, I'd find those pretty disturbing events
> in Sev's "ministry".
>
> I can never make up my mind whether (a) Wolfe thinks Jesus was a
> wuss & that Sev is showing how a non-wuss handles this kind of
> situation (b) it's another indication that the universe of New Sun
> isn't ours, in line with theories I've posted previously (c) Wolfe
> thinks the Bible got it wrong and that, in fact, Jesus went down
> fighting (d) some other damn thing.
>