Posted by John O'Flynn on 12/29/99 from godzilla-8.openface.ca:
In Reply to: Re: Happy Holidays from TARSUS posted by Peter Willis on December 28, 1999 at 23:08:47:
Since this thread refuses to die and religion keeps raising its ugly
head, I'm going to grab it by the horns! I haven't got the texts to
hand, or the time to comb them either, so can someone tell me whether
AR uses the word "Christmas" anywhere in WH or "Easter" in CC, or any
other Christian word or reference anywhere in the S&A series? We have
a bit of Voodoo, and you might find other strange things if you
searched, but Christianity? Even though the English background is
otherwise so vividly drawn, I don't think we even glimpse a distant
steeple, much less the smiling face of a vicar. One simply assumes
that the Walkers are C.of E. (with apologies to our Armenian friends!)
The other characters could be anything, or nothing. The GA no doubt
belongs to some stern congregation that is long on preaching and hymn-
singing, though I wouldn't vouch for her Orthodoxy (nor is she overly
long on Christian charity). Does anyone have a copy of Brogan handy
to do a quick check on AR's views on or experiences with religion?
Sorry for being lazy and throwing the spade-work on other people.