On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:12:59PM -0500, Jag wrote: > I think he was saying that you can either look at tRiH as fiction or > religious commentary. If you look at it as just fiction, then the > character Yahweh in the book is not the Christian (or Hewbrew) God, and > the same for the characters Satan and Lucifer and the Christian Devil. > Or you can look at it as religious commentary where these characters are > supposed to be the religious figures whose names they bear. ...but don't particularly resemble the figures whose names they bear. Whereas I'd imagine a Christian could let _Good Omens_ out of the "just fiction" box without offense. (Not all, perhaps, but it's not inconsistent with a liberal interpretation of Christian beliefs. TRiH basically says Yahweh is not omnipotent, not the Creator, and a lying deluded tyrant.) -xx- Damien X-)