MDDM Ch. 65 strange inconsistencies

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And his need to debunk and otherwise demonstrate
the serious damage such yearning has been
responsible for, or attendent to, in the ongoing
desecration of, if not paradise, than at least a
more balanced, integrated world- or am I being
nostalgic?

Christianity- or perhaps christianity- couldn't
get the job done (the desecration) by itself, it
seems to me, but in combination with the fruits
of science and technology, the real damage begins.


In a message dated 7/28/02 7:01:57 AM, davidmmonroe at yahoo.com writes:

<< Pynchon's latest novel takes up this
eighteenth century yearning and hunger for both
history and "futurity," and demonstrates that any
understanding of history, or of Pynchon, needs to take
into account his serious engagement with the
deep-seated religious beliefs on which America was
founded, and which continue to determine our future as
a nation....
 >>