I am only slightly acquainted with Catholic theology and can be of no use in that respect. Your question brings to mind two short sf stories that relate to the subject. I'm not next to our collection at the moment but I remember a Ray Bradbury story of an Ahab-like (or perhaps Herod-like)space captain following a Christ-like figure from planet to planet and always missing him. I think it is called "THE MAN". There is also a story involving a missionary to ETs who brings the traditional message of death and redemption to ETs, and ends with him being crucified by the empirically-minded ETs. Don't remeber the author title but suspect that it may well be by Zelazny. ===== "If you can't be a good example, you must settle for being a horrible warning" Catherine Aird __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com