<br>Well, the flood of Noah was eugenics too, in a way then. The cultures and peoples of Urth have lost there way in BotNS. They dying sun is a direct reflection (and cause, and reflection and cause and etc.) of the decaying nature of Urth society and it's people. Surely god could have done something to change the minds of the people of Noahs time, or something else, rather than destroying them all. But he didn't. A new humanity was needed. The Hierogrammates implated the worm because, ostensibly (and here I don't have the evidence at hand) Humanity was out of control. The Humanity of Typhons reign was heading in a satanic direction. Now, the conciliator comes along and sets things in a bit of a new direction, but the world is still decaying, built upon the ruins of civilzations past...fragmented, disconnected, distant from the Increate. So, how would taking all of these folks to other worlds be a better choice? Only if there isn't a metaphisical aspect of the soul does saving their earthly bodies matter. If the race isn't destroyed, then the further generations of mankind will continue to degrade. You will have more Baldanders. You may have the victory of the Acians. Who knows. But the direction the world is headed in New Sun is not good. So, a return to paradise is needed. And look what becomes of it. A peaceful society that breeds the Green Man, a race completely at harmony with it's environment. Isn't that the 'good thing' in the ultimate sense that you are looking for? Or is the world of Master Ash, where mankind has scattered again to the stars (those that could be evacuated) and the world left to die in ice. That is the alternative to the Flood. We see that future, and it is horrific.<br>
<br>The future of the Green Man IS the textual evidence of the goodness of the flood, in my opinion.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I'll just reply to Son of Witz here as well: if the Sun was dying for<br>
natural causes, or because of the actions of Typhon, and if there was<br>
no feasible way to evacuate Urth to other settled planets, and the<br>
destruction of Urth was the only way to cause this "long term<br>
resurrection," then I would agree that it is a "good thing" in the<br>
ultimate sense, and the casualties are unfortunately necessary.<br>
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But we know, textually, that the Hierogrammates are behind the dying<br>
Sun, that there are other settled planets, and that evacuation was<br>
feasible. The difference between an airlift and the flooding, other<br>
than the millions (billions?) of lives saved, is that it wouldn't<br>
advance the Hierogrammates' eugenic agenda.<br>
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