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More coming. But I'll answer these questions right now:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Gerry Quinn wrote:<br>
Also, doesn't it happen afterwards that the Neighbours turn
over Blue to Horn in return for certain considerations, in his
capacity as representative of the human race on Blue? If Horn
is really a Neighbourm how is this agreement legitimate? <br>
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<pre wrap="">Roy C. Lackey wrote-
If the entity who
represented all humans was a Neighbor, not a human, then he was not a true
representative of the human race and was not qualified to speak on its
behalf.</pre>
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It is ONLY legitimate _because_ HORN is _more_ than human.
He-Pen-Sheep's people were in proximity to the Neighbor's on that
island for decades, but there was no attempt to cut that deal. You
might as well ask why it is legitimate for merely human Horn to to
cut a deal with the Neighbors on behalf of the whole human race. The
answer is, it wouldn't be. But it _would_ be if Horn were more than
human and if you understand the concept of the "Mediator" -- I
already explained that this is both an orthodox and gnostic
Christian concept:<br>
<i>"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the
man Christ Jesus.” ~Timothy 2:5</i><br>
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HORN, the resurrected Horn, is the only being in the universe that
is 100% human and 100% Neighbor. He's the "Neighbor-man" as
He-Pen-Sheep called him. This is why he alone can receive the planet
from the hands of the Neighbors and why he alone can make an
agreement with them--perhaps the Bible term covenant or testament
better--on behalf of the humanity. <br>
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You don't have to go too far _to go too far_ when comparing Severian
to Jesus. But in the case of the Rajan, it keeps slamming you in the
face. He's much more of a legitimate CHRIST-figure. Not equivalent
to Christ as Aslan is, but none-the-less.<br>
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