(urth) Lupiverse(es)

[Lee Berman]

>Daniel Petersen: PLEASE (EVERYONE) LISTEN TO THIS IF NOTHING ELSE:
>I'm worried that some here can only stomach Wolfe if he can be kept
>ambiguous about Catholic orthodoxy and that if it could ever be shown that
>HIS FICTION clearly 'favours' the Church, then they would be out.  I'm
>beginning to wonder if the need to keep that at bay fuels a lot of the
>debate here.
 
Daniel, there has been much militant atheism found in the media in the past
few years so I understand your concern. I don't think it is has a good basis
when it comes to the Lupiverse though. Consider Peter Wright who, in Attending 
Daedalus, takes a deeply analytical view of BotNS which is entirely secular.
Despite Wright's atheist leanings I don't think he is any less of a Wolfe fan
when forced to acknowledge Wolfe's Christian influences on his writing. I
suspect the same is true for any militant atheists who happen to reside here.
 
Just as a thought experiment, what would the reverse bring for you? What if
there was, say, a deathbed confession by Wolfe that all his work was meant to
subvert belief in Christ and promote worship of Satan or Dionysus. Would you be
out?