Malcolm Lockridge compares life in 1827 BC and 1965 AD:
"Life was physically harder in some places, harder on the spirit in others, and sometimes it destroyed both. At most, the gods gave only a little happiness; the rest was merely existence. Taken altogether, he didn't think the were less generous here and now than they had been to him. And here was where Auri belonged." (p. 53)
I like this use of "gods." Clearly, Lockridge does not believe that gods literally exist but he uses the word in a way that is really about life and that fits with the thought patterns of 1827 BC. Maybe time travellers would naturally do this?
Manse Everard of the Time Patrol does and we have quoted him eight times.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And those who do believe in God will simply say "God," and perhaps add something like "God expects us to do the best we can given the means available to us."
Ad astra! Sean
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