who's Christian?

[Terrance]

Thomas Eckhardt wrote:
> 
> > We know, believe me, I know because I have read all the books
> > that have been identified as Pynchon sources for religion,
> > that Pynchon brings a wide range of religious texts into his
> > own. My own opinion is that it is not important to come to
> > any conclusion about Pynchon the man or author.  What
> > matters is the art the struggle is present there. What I
> > contend is a conflict much like Melville's deeply reflected
> > in the texts, a conflict, a paradoxical conflict,  that
> > Pynchon never resolves, but only hopes to.
> 
> Well, if that is what you mean by "religious writer", yes, certainly, I agree. But
> you are stretching the meaning of the term quite a bit, aren't you?
> 
> Thomas

Nope. 

"Mason,---shall we argue religious matters?"
"Good Christ, Dixon. What are we about?" 

					--Thomas R. Pynchon