Blicero / christ myth
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Sat Dec 18 19:47:24 CST 1999
>From: Jeremy Osner rj wrote:
>
> > It is not death -- murder, suicide, extinction, genocide etc -- but
> > transcendence which Blicero seeks through and for Gottfried: "a promise,
> > a prophecy, of Escape." (758.5up) It is his gift and his sacrifice. No
> > more Satanic or sadistic than the Christian myth, really.
>
>B-but, I don' hear anyone saying Pilate loved Christ... Or do you see
>Blicero as
>corresponding to The Father? In which case, who's playing Pilate?
My regrets for that "This is a joke, right?" The lines of analogy are
twisted from one vantage, and direct from another.
The Christian myth [sorry, I can't resist this flame-baiting]:
There are as many threads here, probably more, than can be sprung from GR.
Absurdity always surfaces in my court. I've touched a few:
1. One-in-Three-in-One-in-Three... With such logic springs forth the Holy
Roman Church! God-Damn me! How does one kill oneself yet remain alive and
able to come back? And we're not even counting that Holt Ghost.
2. Blood-Lust: A death is required as payment for access. "Vengence Is
Mine" indeed. Slurp, slurp.
3. Original Sin: This is the start of it all: "You got to keep the Devil
down in the hole" Tom Waitts
As for Pilate, he's not necesary. Why bother w/ such formalities?
Transcendance is the goal. If it is not possible in reality, it can be
longed-for in ritual. The naming, invoking, follows the pattern, creates
God?
DM
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