Blicero / christ myth

[Peter Petto]

At 07:47 PM 12/18/1999 -0600, David Morris wrote:

>>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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