(urth) God/Increate in the New Sun

[James Wynn]

> >I wouldn't over-think it.
> Can a mailing list have a motto?

heh heh

> Actually, thinking about these things is fun, as Lee reminds us, but 
> I'm also in favor of remembering the distinction between "resembles" 
> and "is".

Eh...I suppose. I just think that this quote is like the picture of the 
astronaut on the moon or the statue of Blind Justice. The reader is 
supposed to recognize it and take pleasure in the recognition. Once 
again, people find certain readings viscerally appealing aside from what 
is detectable from the text. Personally, I don't get any added enjoyment 
from the books by thinking of it them in another universe. And if I did, 
I don't get any enjoyment in thinking that Silk's vision of Jesus on the 
cross or the references to the Gospel are some sort of analog. If his 
must be a different future than my own, I'd prefer to believe that in 
Silk's Briah, the Gospels are mythology (delivering a true message from 
another universe) and the Outsider showed Silk the crucifixion from 
another universe iteration. In short, I enjoyed recognizing the actual 
astronauts in front of an actual American flag in tBotNS.

u+16b9


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