(urth) Appearances of Inire
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Thu Jul 1 05:52:43 PDT 2010
I like Satan
He's rich and chocalatey
He's my boyfriend
Satan, Satan, whee!
-- Anonhymnous
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> Exactly.
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> Similarly, but beyond the scope of this list, is Yahweh lawfully in
> charge of a creation he created, or not?
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> 2 x 2 = 4 possible variations: lawful creation, lawful governance,
> unlawful usurpation of creation, unlawful usurpation of creative powers.
> See TBotLS.
>
> John Watkins wrote:
>> Right.
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>> Although now I will say such a thing. Tzadkiel presents himself not
>> as the Outsider but as His agent. Arguably the most important
>> question of the series is whether Tzadkiel is lying. I think there
>> are in fact three options:
>>
>> 1) Tzadkiel is, like a Christian archangel, more or less in direct
>> contact with the will of the deity. Thus he/she is to be completely
>> trusted and is a more or less incontrovertible moral authority.
>> 2) Tzadkiel is a creepy insectoid alien thing and a liar. The
>> pretentions of religion are a means of controlling the human race.
>> 3) Tzadkiel is a "higher" being in some meaningful sense but remains
>> metaphysically removed from the divine, like the angel in "The Cock
>> and the Angel." His/her belief in the Increate and desire to do its
>> will is sincere, and to that end he/she is just doing the best he/she
>> can, but like the angel in the story Tzadkiel remains fallible and
>> infinitely removed from the mind of the Increate.
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>> I go back and forth between 2) and 3) myself.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:01 AM, David Stockhoff
>> <dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>> wrote:
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>> No one said anyone was pretending anything. It was a general
>> theoretical observation.
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>> brunians at brunians.org <mailto:brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>>
>> Who usurping where?
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>> Which archon is pretending to be the Outsider? Tzadkiel?
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>> I don't think so.
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>> No, the definition of usurping demands it. So does the
>> concept of a
>> local archon pretending to be the Outsider. You can
>> explain it any way
>> you want, but that's the concept.
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>> Think Tolkien.
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>> brunians at brunians.org <mailto:brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
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>> Maybe for you.
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>> The question, then, is whether such delegation
>> occurred---or not.
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>> brunians at brunians.org
>> <mailto:brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
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>> I don't buy it.
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>> God delegates all the time.
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>> Precisely.
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>> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
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>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Jeff
>> Wilson <jwilson at io.com
>> <mailto:jwilson at io.com>>
>> wrote:
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>> Jeff Wilson wrote (30-06-2010
>> 16:04):
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>> On 6/30/2010 9:24 AM,
>> James Wynn wrote:
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>> There's that thing about only
>> God being creator.
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>> How is that relevant here? Do you
>> prefer that people use "assemble"
>> instead of "create"?
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>> It's relevant because a race that
>> creates a (slave) race is usurping
>> the privilege of the Creator -- is in
>> fact acting in daemonic
>> manner.
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