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Re: Betreft: Re: Steg's wonderful .sig (and a question)

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 10, 1999, 3:45
Am 11/09 09:27  Irina Rempt-Drijfhout yscrifef:
> Valdyan people have high moral standards, and one of the main themes > of the culture is the struggle between good and evil (where evil is > defined as defying the Creator and setting up for oneself). That is > perhaps my way to "dedicate it to Jesus" - though in context I can > only say that I dedicate it to God the Creator, that is, the Father > rather than the Son; but that's a distinction without a difference > unless it becomes a really involved theological discussion and this > is not the place for that. >
Aaaah. I understand that. When I was younger I saw no wrong in believing that other religions led people to God beside Christianity. Now as I grow older I find myself returning more to this way of thinking. The Son becomes the way that Christians choose to approach the Divine Reality. If they could cross worlds a Christian might say to a Valdyan, God is three in one, to which a Valdyan might reply, the Gods are seven (unless, of course, I have got the numbers wrong:) I might have to address this issue on the conculture list, relating to the project I am currently working on.
> > The > > alternative interpretation to being subcreators in the image of God, is > > being subcreators in the image of Lucifer, what we do is in defiance of > > God's created order, we rebel and try to do better, and equally face the > > risk of falling. > > But Lucifer never created anything - at least not in orthodox (note > the lowercase initial) doctrine. He just took what was already there, > what God had already created, and warped it to his purposes. Being a > creature himself, he couldn't create anything *new* except with the > support of God, which he didn't accept. The point - as Tolkien > understood very well - is that subcreation can *only* be done in the > image of God (whether one acknowledges that or not; you can't help > being an icon of God), or you'll destroy rather than create. >
I will say Aaaah here again. Andrew is enlightened by Irina again. The word that stood out is 'icon'. I have one of Christos Pantokrator and I want to get more. We can create in the image of God because we are living 'icons'. I think I can understand that.
> > I can say I create because I created in the image of the > > Creator, but I exist in a state of grace in which the Creator allows me > > to be free to imagine and create. >
Oops! there's a mistake here. I meant to say 'I can't say....' But I don't think that this does any violence to Irina's reply:
> Exactly. > > > I'll stop now. I'm not sure if my argument still makes sense to me > > either - and it's time to make tea! I'm getting hungry! > > Well, it makes sense to me - I think I'll go and make some tea :-)
I made stir-fried slivers of schnitzel cooked with vegetables in a black bean sauce served on rice. It was very nice. I'll buy that sachet again! - andrew. -- Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz "Death is an evil; the gods have so judged it; had it been good, they would die." - Sappho of Lesbos.