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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