Re: Re: Huh?

On 07/24/12, Sibyl Smirl wrote:

On 7/24/12 11:57 AM, Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Kris Howell <aneerieangle@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Thank you all for your responses! I think my issue with calling SiaSL
>>> christian mythology is the fact that no actual Biblical figures appear in
>>> the story. I agree that it uses Biblical themes. If the theme is enough to
>>> warrant its inclusion in christian mythology, then I'll go back to the LJ
>>> post and suggest Eifelheim by Michael Flynn as it includes the same themes.
>
> Of course, if you include everything that uses Christian themes,
> that'd encompass at least half of Western literature, right? :)

The Archangel Michael is a Biblical figure, and he appears throughout
the story, in the "incarnation" of Valentine Michael Smith. The
Jehovah's Witnesses are extreme Biblical literalists, with some twists,
and they suggest, though do not dogmatically state, that Jesus himself
was the Archangel Michael (they don't believe that he's the Son of God,
except in the same sense that Adam was, having no other father, but
being directly created, and do not believe in the Trinity, with Jesus as
God the Son and present at Creation.

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That's wrong. They are two different entities in the JW lore. You just looked at the Web site and interpreted what it says to suit your purposes, but what it says is that Michael is Jesus in his heavenly role. Different entities. One flesh, one heavenly.

And don't argue with me on this one. My in-laws are all JW. My husband was a JW till he left the church. It's a small--very small--and obscure point in the the teachings.

Jen