(urth) Standard Wolfean Riddle

[António Pedro Marques]

James Wynn wrote (16-08-2010 16:22):
> On 8/16/2010 10:11 AM, António Pedro Marques wrote:
>>> My point, snarkily formed, was that humanity had a redeemer, just not in
>>> Sev's iteration of Briah.
>>
>> That's tenable, but I don't see God leaving so many of his creatures
>> to waste. (It's the catholic God I'm thinking of, because we are
>> explicitly told our universe enters the picture. If we weren't told
>> that, then I'd gladly accept God to be very different.)
>
> Well, remember that in the Book of the Long Sun, the Outsider...the
> Increate of all Briahs...reaches out to Silk with the image of Jesus on
> the cross. if Sev's iteration of Briah is gnostic, one where humanity is
> redeemed through enlightenment, then it is irrelevant whether the Logos
> became flesh and dwelt among us in Briah (n) or Brian (n+20). The
> sacrifice is applicable across all cycles.
>
> In fact, it is theologically secure...one sacrifice for all.

That's interesting. But how are the mudball creatures from Briah(2i) going 
to be enlightened by a human Christ? Well, one might posit no civilised 
creatures in any Briah are muuuch different from humans.