(urth) An Old mystery ...

[Son of Witz]

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

I don't know much about the different Sects beliefs.
so, what happens in the second coming to the non believers?

but Jordon just framed it better than I did.
and he's right that the Narrators ignorance of the souls of the dead of Urth does NOT indicate that there was no salvation of their souls.

~witz


>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