Blicero / christ myth

[David Morris]

Peter,
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>From: Peter Petto <ppetto at apk.net>
>To: "David Morris" <fqmorris at hotmail.com>, jeremy at xyris.com, 
>rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au
>CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Blicero / christ myth
>Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 17:29:00 -0500
>
>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?
>>
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