religious vilification

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Thu Feb 1 08:48:41 CST 2001


Quite so.   I was just expressing the idea that  Christian villification is
more likely to be an esthetic lapse than a moral one.

                                                                P.
David Morris wrote:

> This stikes me as a complete non-issue.  "Reign of persecution?"  Commentary
> is not vilification, even if it is not flattering.  There is no doubt
> Pynchon indulges in all flavors of religious commentary.
>
> DM
>
> >From: Paul Mackin
> >
> >Even though Christian vilification is unlikely to end up in a reign of
> >persecution as might be the case with other religious or ethnic groups,  it
> >still strikes a lot of people, including me, as both boorish and
> >provincial. Not something our P would be a part of.
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