Hi,
That was an intersting take on the issue of spirituality and the "Earthseed"
philosophy...we must remember though that as readers and critics of this type
of literature each interpretation may be vastly different from the author's
intent...it is not a cop out to not assign a gender to "God" it could very
well simply be Lauren's interpretation of her personal spirituality as she
perceives it at that particular time in the novel. Look at the recent events
with the Heaven's Gate cult they believed in asexuallity as a means to fufill
an aspect of their personal search for spirituality from within their
group...I know it is an unusual aspect to bring up but as a real life example
versus the spirituality quest Lauren finds for herself, I believe more than
ever than no one interpretation is the perfect one.
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