(urth) An Old mystery ...
Son of Witz
sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org
Thu Dec 4 13:30:06 PST 2008
>Well, the flood of Noah was eugenics too, in a way then. The cultures and
>peoples of Urth have lost there way in BotNS. They dying sun is a direct
>reflection (and cause, and reflection and cause and etc.) of the decaying
>nature of Urth society and it's people. Surely god could have done
>something to change the minds of the people of Noahs time, or something
>else, rather than destroying them all. But he didn't. A new humanity was
>needed. The Hierogrammates implated the worm because, ostensibly (and here
>I don't have the evidence at hand) Humanity was out of control. The
>Humanity of Typhons reign was heading in a satanic direction. Now, the
>conciliator comes along and sets things in a bit of a new direction, but the
>world is still decaying, built upon the ruins of civilzations
>past...fragmented, disconnected, distant from the Increate. So, how would
>taking all of these folks to other worlds be a better choice? Only if
>there isn't a metaphisical aspect of the soul does saving their earthly
>bodies matter. If the race isn't destroyed, then the further generations of
>mankind will continue to degrade. You will have more Baldanders. You may
>have the victory of the Acians. Who knows. But the direction the world is
>headed in New Sun is not good. So, a return to paradise is needed. And
>look what becomes of it. A peaceful society that breeds the Green Man, a
>race completely at harmony with it's environment. Isn't that the 'good
>thing' in the ultimate sense that you are looking for? Or is the world of
>Master Ash, where mankind has scattered again to the stars (those that could
>be evacuated) and the world left to die in ice. That is the alternative to
>the Flood. We see that future, and it is horrific.
>
>The future of the Green Man IS the textual evidence of the goodness of the
>flood, in my opinion.
Out of the ballpark, Jordon. Nice work!!!
~witz
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