MDDM Ch. 65 strange inconsistencies

[Paul Mackin]

Otto wrote:>

>
> Not crazier, just as . . . Paul's questions can make a pomo-man feeling
> uneasy . . .

I'm in agreement with Otto here. I meant 'no crazier' but 'just as crazy'
shifts the emphasis in a way I don't object to. Under pomo nothing has much
reason for being thought any better than anything else. Which is OK with me if
it's not carried too far.

>
> I agree to Bandwraith that this has little to do with Christianity (or any
> other code) in particular. I think that it sometimes looks as if Pynchon is
> focused on Christianity, busy pointing to the weak points, because he's
> coming from a country with such strong religious beliefs & bonds (*God's own
> country*), that he's an American author. And he saw quite clearly that
> Marxism, as it existed & praised by the Left, couldn't be the answer too.

You're not saying are you that Pynchon's aim is to counter religious belief of
the  Fundamentalist Chirstian  type. I feel certain these people were never in
any way his target audience.  Actually P has been accused (back when GR came
out) of writing for the God-hungry younger generation of America, but that is
something completely different from what you refer to as the America of strong
religious beliefs and bonds.  America is a very diverse country and never the
twain shall meet. Or might they?

P.