VV(17) - Religion

[David Morris]

Fausto II is becoming more inanimate, less prone to metaphor, more Maltese as
F.IV explicates in his history which is manifest in the progress of the "Siege"
poetry:
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(320)  All the while only in the process of learning life's single lesson: 
That there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime
and ever stay sane.
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This lesson verges on anti-religion, right Terrance, but it only hints at that
absolute.  The question of _how much_ is accident brings back in the Gnostic
semi-independence of existence.  If the Creation embodies the intentions of a
Creator, we must ask why it seems so fucked-up.  Could the Creator have made a
boo-boo?  This Big Accident implies at least these two possibilities:

1.  The Creator was not "good." (Gnostic)

2.  The Creator was obstructed in his creation by a "bad" element. (Christian)

And let's not forget that all of these religious questions are in GR called
"Paranoia."  Anti-Paranoia would man "ALL is accident," nothing is connected.

Fausto II has a religious experience looking back on his drunken walk through
the night amidst a full-out raid:
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(330)  "Somehow the street -the kingdom of death- was friendly.  Perhaps it was
because I observed our agreement and did not bless the wine."
     Post hoc. [...] Fausto's simplicity.  He did nothing so complex as drift
away from God or reject his church.  Losing faith is a complicated business and
takes time.  There are no epiphanies [...]  Fausto and his "Generation" simply
hadn't the time for this leisurely intellectual hanky-panky.  They'd got out of
the habit [...] were more Maltese, ie, than English.
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Losing faith, here, is seen as an intellectual function.  The non-intellectual
(More Maltese) function of faith would be thus more inanimate/less-metaphoric. 
But this logic presents a problem:

If the "Builders" are becoming more "Maltese," less-metaphoric, and thereby
learning "life's single lesson," Anti-Paranoia, why does this last quote
indicate this loss of faith was not the product of Fausto's Siege-experience? 
_Time_ seems to be the crucial factor.  Fausto's Generation was forced into
these poignant lessons, but was given no time to absorb them.  "Life's single
lesson" cannot come quickly.


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