Re: Betreft: Re: Steg's wonderful .sig (and a question)
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 10, 1999, 21:52 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> > According to Dorothy L. Sayers (The Mind of the Maker), it's
> > also the Christian orthodoxy, although not many people know
> > that, so I'm not surprised Tolkien believed it, too.
>
> "Christian Orthodoxy"? Unless you're referring to the Orthodox churches
> (of which I know little), orthodoxy for most protestants is purely
> Biblical, and a combination of Bible and the Pope for Catholics, and in
> neither of those sources can I find any hint that subcreation is the
> purpose of Humanity.
Well, there is the famous command by God that Adam
(and thus all men, depending on the interpretation) are to
have dominion over all living things as caretakers. In that
sense, they are supposed to "create" the environment that
allows for the perpetuation of the creation. Or something.
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