That's fine, but it's about as difficult to explain sudden global tectonic shifts than it is to explain a flood. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:brunians@brunians.org">
brunians@brunians.org</a></b> <<a href="mailto:brunians@brunians.org">brunians@brunians.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> I recently read the archive discussion about the theodicean aspect of<br>> BotNS,<br>> and the morality and necessity of the flood that accompanies the new sun.<br>> One thing struck me, and if it's old hat, then I've not been thorough
<br>> enough<br>> in reading the archives. That thing is the precipitous pace of the flood,<br>> which apparently takes Urth in a matter of days and surprises those at the<br>> House Absolute by the time that Severian shows up. A flood of Biblical
<br>> proportions, if you will.<br>><br>> Now, one thing that has been jokingly asked of that one, can be seriously<br>> asked of this: where does the water come from?<br><br>The continents are drowned, new continents rise where the oceans are, the
<br>oceans move around. No new water required.<br><br><br>.<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Urth Mailing List<br>To post, write <a href="mailto:urth@urth.net">urth@urth.net</a><br>Subscription/information:
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