Religion
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Sat Feb 3 00:30:32 CST 2001
Good Goilly Miss Moilly!
Eric!
Thank you for such a rush of fresh air!
Hierarchical power structures are inevitably corrupt. They embody the same
life-force of the Rocket-City: CORPORATE (supra-human) POWER !
The Vatican is our (Western) longest-standing modern corporation. It is
bigger than family. It is bigger than country. It might even be bigger
than history!
Personally, I think it is unalterably corrupt! Conspiracy is it's name.
Selah,
David Morris
>From: Eric Rosenbloom But seriously, I mentioned Christianity because that
>was the topic. And I did acknowledge that religion offers comfort, just as
>a "good" company offers its employees "benefits.
>
>What is the city of god, or the New Jerusalem but a fascistic vision of
>purity, or an idealized corporate power chart? What, here on earth, is
>Vatican City? Nothing wrong with purity, of course -- Hitler was a great
>hygiene and anti-smoking crusader among his other campaigns against
>blackness. But as William Slothrop wrote (page 555), it is black Judas that
>saves the preterite.
>
>Tyrone, thinking of his ancestor (page 556), in another Zone where choices
>will be made, muses on America following Judas instead, thinks there might
>have been more kindness done in The Dark One's name and not so much evil
>done in The Anointed One's name.
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