Blicero

rj rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au
Sat Dec 18 23:54:34 CST 1999


TF
> OK
> 
> Let's go, we were talking about the word Like. My question
> to you is:
> 
> And where in the myths do you find Jesus likes being nailed
>  to a cross?

It's the wrong question, Terrance. Jesus qua Jesus isn't in the myths.
The people who write and read the myths are the ones investing the
Passion with overtones of eroticism and fetish body-piercing, as well as
all that stuff about heroic martyrdom and redemption and so forth. 

> Being nailed to a stake and liking it? An omnipotent and wrathful god?
> Sacrifice of a/the Son, His Word made flesh? Transcendence, apotheosis,
> and vicarious salvation for the faithful?

If you want, retract "liking" and insert "loving" in the first line, as
I suggested (sounds a bit too Maxwell Smart and totally sacrilegious to
my ears but ... ). Or forget all about it. Or consign me to eternal
hellfire. But *please* can we let this one slide.

best



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