(urth) An Old mystery ...

[John Watkins]

Gene Wolfe is Catholic, so I doubt he believes in the Rapture.  There
shouldn't be anyone "left behind."

On 12/4/08, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote:
>
> >Also not what I said.
>
> sorry. too much coffee.
>
> >But I guess I have to put it all in one place.  Severian's Planetary
> >Reset/Genocide is not a way in which he resembles Christ, except maybe
> >as a parody or travesty.
>
> or maybe as a warped reflection, which is more or less what I'm suggesting.
>
> As I've said, I'm no theologian, but what does the Apocalypse mean to those left behind?  It sucks to be them, no?
>
> ~Witz
>
>
> >On 12/4/08, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Fine, Severian hits a reset button.
> >> >
> >> >But that has nothing to do with Christianity.
> >>
> >>
> >> yeah, there are certainly no Christological symbols in the Book of the New Sun and Christ is NOT a Solar diety.
> >>
> >> http://www.spraypaintstencils.com/a-zlistings/3-wise-monkeys-image.gif
> >>
> >>
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