Angles on a pynchead

[Jane Sweet]

Mike Weaver wrote:
> 
> >In GR, paranoia, the ordering of experience, the projecting
> >of a world, is religious in nature: "there is something
> >comforting--religious if you want."
> 
> My particular breed of paranoia is running to the p-list being infiltrated
> and overrun by the million (Christian) hats of Reverending TF. Every
> anonymous poster's words scrutinised for tell tale signs of gnostic influence.
> Since his announcement that all his alter egos were female, suspicion falls
> on any hapless woman entering the fray.

Perhaps if posters didn't concern themselves so much with
the girl it wouldn't matter. 
The argument, the text, the post not the poster is what
matters. 
And why is religion a topic to be excluded. No one is
preaching or trying to convert anyone. This is the Pynchon
list. His books have as much religion in them as anything
else. I don't know how anyone that reads Pynchon's books
could argue against the discussion of religion as it is
present in his books. Again, not here to convert anyone to
my religion, whatever it is you may think it is, it is not
christian. I am not a christian. I am a Modern Profane
woman. 


> 
> Jeepers - this is serious displacement activity - challenging religious
> zealotry on the p-list.
> 
> Religion is a major human mode of expression, of  hopes, fears, and other
> forms of anguish and joy and feelings abounding.
> That I think we can all agree on.
> Whether it is more than a way we comfort ourselves, when we notice the
> existential void, is debatable, for ever and ever, amen.

So debate it, or better yet, debate my application of the
idea to Pynchon's books. 

A-this is the sloppy copy Mike, and it's got lots of errors,
sorry. But you know telling me to see page 254 or dig deeper
or whatever, is not saying much, if you want the good shit
you have argue with a book in hand. Pick a passage from my
post. Write a post we can reply to. Look at what MalignD has
generated with his fine post. 


> 
> Methinks Terance projects too much.



This is the other stupid shit here, why must everyone feel
compelled to play Psychiatrist/Psychologist here? Give it a
break. Projects ass.