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this is not meant to be blasphemous, but.... Alvin walks on water, heals the sick, brings 'near' dead back to life....these plus more...any thoughts!
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alvin isn't Joseph Smith, either. Joseph Smith never walked on water or any of the miraculous things Alvin does. Alvin's life has the structure of JS's life as its skeleton, but if JS had actually done the things Alvin did, then either people would have believed in him more or he would have been killed sooner <wince>.
My point, if there is one, in the stories is that Alvin can do these miraculous things, but they're just a drop in the bucket. To combat the Unmaker, it takes more than a few miracles. It takes the creation of a community - otherwise the unmaker unmakes faster than a maker can make.
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I'm going to refer my mom to that post, Uncle O. I just got her to read Seventh Son, (she's of the more conservative LDS bent) and while she liked it and picked up on the Joseph Smith parallels, she was a little afraid of the "blasphemy" inherent in doing things to the Alvin character that are not consistent with the life of the prophet. I tried to explain it, but your description will be much more effective. Posts: 8504 | Registered: Aug 1999
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And, if you don't mind me asking, what was the impetus for creating a character on the "skeleton" of a famous religious figure's life without resorting to allegory? Were you influenced by any other work that way, or was that an original idea?
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I was drawn to this thread because I had this thought last week. The main way Alvin is like the Lord is that he has a little brother who is also very powerful who has no compunctions about using his powers to benefit himself.
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