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I'm proofing THE BONES OF GOD, my Messianic novel, and came across this exchange between Huan Su, one of the Ascendants (the equivalent of a cardinal in the Catholic faith; in this future, most humans belong to a religion that is a synthesis of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) and Colin Fairwood, who is the Sartius Exori, the human messiah of an alien god.
Reading it, I couldn't help but think of some of the current political candidates…
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"I’m not here to argue theology, not at all. We’re forever separated on that issue, Colin. What I wish to do is speak of politics. The world of the body.”
“You can’t make that distinction,” Colin argued. He waved a hand at the canopy above them, at the houses of the town. “When you live your life by your faith, your beliefs are your politics."
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Do you think that's true? If so, does that scare you as much as it scares me?
Reading it, I couldn't help but think of some of the current political candidates…
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"I’m not here to argue theology, not at all. We’re forever separated on that issue, Colin. What I wish to do is speak of politics. The world of the body.”
“You can’t make that distinction,” Colin argued. He waved a hand at the canopy above them, at the houses of the town. “When you live your life by your faith, your beliefs are your politics."
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Do you think that's true? If so, does that scare you as much as it scares me?