(urth) Urth & Earth (was "Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe")

[James Wynn]

Okay. But I'm talking about the particular famous demiurge of 1st & 2nd 
c. Christian Gnostics. The one who was supposed to have spoken to Moses. 
The one I think Typhon/Pas models.
There are lots of various actions of an antichrist as well, I suppose. 
He might only mislead regarding the Gospel.

> A demiurge is a ranking celestial who has been assigned by God to perform
> a particular task.
>
> He (or she) may or may not behave as you describe.
>
> It depends upon a lot of factors.
>
>    
>> >  A demiurge is a god who presents himself as The God. He's yet he is the
>> >  creator of the world, worshipping him does not lead to
>> >  salvation/enlightenment.
>> >  The Antichrist (or in some cases, no doubt, an antichrist) is a MAN who
>> >  presents himself as God.
>> >
>> >  Obviously, the very creation of Pas as an object of worship would be
>> >  something an antichrist would do.
>> >  But Typhon*did*  create the Whorl. He is never overthrown from his
>> >  creation. In fact, Silk and Auk help to place him back on his throne.
>> >
>> >  So Typhon/Pas (and I heard Wolfe say last September that they are
>> >  absolutely equivalent) is a demiurge not The Antichrist of the New
>> >  Testament.
>>      

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