: I know this is an ancient thread now, but I just came across it bored at
: work... The only way the Nar could have "sprung into being" a
: week after the universe was created is via time travel.
Ok, I don't want to sound like a fundimentalist here (Believe me, I'm the farthest thing there is from a fundie) but according to judeo christian tradition humans also "Sprung into being" a week after the Universe was create. Now the point that Forrest seames to be making is one of Evolution (How can a species just POP into existence. Later on in this thread Steve Levinson refuted this point with a lot of scientific mumbo jumbo about a Week-old universe not being very hospitable which may be for all intents and purposes true, it still seems to be missing a very valuable point. When you are talking about a week you are talking about the Earth completing seven rotations of 24 hours each, 168 total. I mean when you're dealing in astronomical terms the very concept of it is'n even appliacable. So basicly either A: Bungie is as Steve put it "Pulling our Leg", or B: Marathon does not take place within a completely Atheistic Universe (That is to say a Universe Completely dependant on the scientific rather than the supernatural or holy).
: It would be interesting to see a Marathon story or scenario exploring some of
: the lesser-touched-upon elements of the Marathon universe. What about the
: Pfhor religion, and what is this Hindmost Creche, or the Holy Mother
: Crouched Behind the Throne? Some kind of Pfhor Queen? (a creche is a
: nursery, mother obviously links in to that, and the Holy part indicates
: that she is a part of the "pathetically boring" Pfhor religion).
The Hindmost Creche is an AI. Don't question it.
Drive your Cart and Plow over the Bones of the Dead
Wejam the Carter
P.S. Oddly enough, the Pfhor's pathetically boring religion is Mormonism
