Is Davis a Monster captured against his will or a Man who has allowed himself to be captured as a test of faith? Starting from a religious premise, it is possible to argue in any direction. The test of faith suggestion is made by a member of the Burke clan of whom it is said that they think too much. Thinking has to involve questioning premises. Of course, the Atlanteans have a religious authority. The Doctors at the Ship of Father are being consulted. The truth is that Davis is a male human being captured against his will and that his religious aura has to be removed.
Between the towns:
"...war was as normal a part of life as the harvest festivals." (p. 58)
If "Father" or anyone else judges us, then He is going to have take into account many different social contexts and value systems. Evangelicals hand me leaflets stating that God is outraged because we live in ways that contravene rules that we are not even aware of. I could run a universe better than that. We judge ourselves if anyone does. Shame is internalized judgement. And many seem to judge everyone but themselves!
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Kaor, Paul!
The real problem, of course, was Davis Bertram failing to live up to the exalted conceptions of what the women of Atlantis thought angelic Men should be like.
Humans, men and women, are going to be incorrigibly human, innately prone to being quarrelsome and bellicose.
Alfonso X of Castile, when struggling with the complexities of Ptolemaic astronomy/mathematics, reportedly said he could God advice on designing the universe!
Ad astra! Sean
Ad astra! Sean
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