MDDM Ch. 65 strange inconsistencies

[Paul Mackin]

Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/28/02 8:20:24 PM, paul.mackin at verizon.net writes:
>
> << Yeah, back. The dinners here are interminable.
>
> The point I  wanted to make it that, yes Pynchon is full of what I consider
> rather
> unremarkable Hindo, Budhist and other nonChristian stuff but that's purely dog
> bites man. The man bites dog possibility that Pynchon could be some kind of
> crazy
> Chirstian is however interesting to me. It's not that I am a Christian nor do
> I
> suppose that many of you are.  But the possibility  of such a thing is what I
> live
> for. Don't think there is much chance of course.
>
> P. (abiding and enduring) >>
>
> If he is I have not seen any indication of it so far.

For Quasi Eastern thought  check the epigraph to GR part 1.  Or are you talking
about something else?



>
> And those characters he creates which express
> belief seem to do it inspite of themselves: Mexico,
> Mason, evening Pudding and Pointsman, and in a
> less than successful or fulfilling way.

Life's not always fulfilling.


> There are
> some who seem to embody faith without either
> attempting to possess it or flee from the human
> tendency to believe, e.g., Gwenhidwy and perhaps
> Dixon, yet "keep cool but care" is about the most
> definitive message I've discerned.

Please explain. I don't get it.

P.