Taras Bulba?

[Betsy]

I just finished reading the first book and looked for some discussion on Taras Bulba because I was concerned by this discrepancy like Mat was.

After reading the discussion I spent some time pondering the issue and I agree that there is no way to be 100% sure that a Taras Bulba figure didn't ever exist, but one would think Ra would know the entities actual name. I contemplated the possibility that maybe the name was used for the way of confusion or the way of faith. Then the thought popped into my head that maybe the name was utilized as a failsafe.

It is my understanding that if an entity is at their core aligned in the service to others, but is somehow influenced to act in a service to self manner then the worst thing that can happen to them is they be discredited. Could it be placed there in the event that the book must be discredited at some point in the future??

Whatever the reason, I personally feel that the lessons I have taken from the book feel correct down deep in my soul and that it does not matter to me. I am choosing to have faith in my faith in the core message.

Betsy