tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post5546699492248886109..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Inner ChangesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-57199300262021211272017-03-02T07:53:40.351+00:002017-03-02T07:53:40.351+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I have to disagree with what Wells ha...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I have to disagree with what Wells had some of his characters saying IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET. While I don't want anyone to be in Hell, I have to keep in mind Our Lord's firm warning that Hell is real and it is possible for anyone to choose to go there.<br /><br />Your third paragraph: I agree.<br /><br />I only wish the Merseians of the Roidhunate in Anderson's Terran Empire stories had a change of heart and decided they did not want to destroy the Empire and treat all non-Merseians as inferior beings. Since I believe there is only one God and He revealed Himself thru the Jews and then Jesus Christ, I have to call the Merseian concept of "The God" imperfect and flawed. That, they thought of God more or less a racist Merseian. So, I argue it was the Merseians own choice, not any wish of The God, to become aggressive racialists.<br /><br />What that means is that I think it's likely that most intelligent races had Fallen and that one consequence would be acquiring erroneous ideas about God. Indeed, I recall Fr. Axor saying something very similar in Chapter 1 of THE GAME OF EMPIRE. That is, he noticed that some non human religions curiously resembled Christianity (albeit, without an Incarnation of Christ).<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com