(urth) Silk corrupted?

[brunians at brunians.org]

I don't know anything about Moby.

Dick I don't think used this particular idea.





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> And the lyrics of Moby. Don't forget Moby.
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> On 1/22/09, brunians at brunians.org <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>> The idea that people (or some people) are in some way related to stars
>> is
>> very, very old.
>>
>> It appears in Judaism, Hinduism and various American Indian religions.
>>
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>> .
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>>> violence?
>>> that may be overstepping.  any great work is larger than it's author's
>>> intention.  But I'm sympathetic with your feeling, despite having to
>>> poke
>>> at it a bit.
>>>
>>> What I don't understand, all Christ arguments aside, is "How does a
>>> star
>>> have the consciousness of Severian? How does a star resurrect humans?
>>> How
>>> does a star steer time?
>>>
>>> just asking.
>>> ~witz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes [mailto:danldo at gmail.com]
>>>>Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 02:46 PM
>>>>To: 'The Urth Mailing List'
>>>>Subject: Re: (urth) Silk corrupted?
>>>>
>>>>On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM, David Stockhoff
>>>> <dstockhoff at verizon.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I concede, of course, that the Bible takes precedence as a literary
>>>>> work in
>>>>> both stature and history, so Severian and Jesus can never really be
>>>>> coequals. But please let's dispense with the notion---the
>>>>> assumption---that
>>>>> there can only be a single Christ in all of human literature. It's an
>>>>> indefensible position.
>>>>
>>>>Agreed. Writers are free to create as many Christs as they choose, and
>>>>to make them theoanthropoi, divine, etc.
>>>>
>>>>What is key here is that we are interpreting a work by a writer who
>>>>takes the position that Jesus was a unique historical figure, the sole
>>>>Theoanthropos and Redeemer, an event which will not and *can* not
>>>>be repeated. This is *Wolfe's* position, and to interpret his work in
>>>>a way that violates this position is to do that work a violence which
>>>>I cannot condone.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant
>>>>-----
>>>>http://www.livejournal.com/users/sturgeonslawyer
>>>>http://www.danehyoakes.com
>>>>
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>>>>Island Dressing and a bottle of chili sauce. -- T. Pratchett
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