--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > This is a straight copy from Childhood's End by Authur C. Clark. > > It must have snookered a lot of people.
Er, well, no, it isn't. The passage I quoted and critiqued appears nowhere in my copy of the book. The *idea* is in the book, but not nearly as specifically; and not even the idea was original with Clarke. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" untilbeyond@ wrote: > > > > > > http://www.zetatalk.com/call/c24.htm > > [quoted by moi from the page at Michael's URL:] > > "The Devil is reputed to be a red creature with a pointed > > tail and two horns, most often carrying a three pronged > > fork. Is this a mythological creature, or does it have a > > basis in reality, and if so, how did it come to be > > associated with evil? In fact, the Devil is not far in > > description from a real creature, who lives and breaths > > today, albeit not on Earth. This creature visited Earth > > in the past, and, to say the least, made an impression. > > Why the three pronged fork, and does the number 3 have a > > significance? It does indeed. > > > > "The Devil of lore is a fairly accurate picture of an > > extraterrestrial who visited Earth millennia ago, briefly. > > This visit preceded the time when the Bible was to be > > written, and thus the memories of this entity were fresh > > and strong." <my critique of the passage's historical inaccuracies snipped by emptybill>
