pynchon and christianity

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What I find more egregious than claims that the texts
are deliberately pro-christian are sweeping comments
like the one made earlier (in this smoke-filled forum
where ideas are like billiards and true identities barely
discernible) that the author is incapable of anything
other than supporting or re-jecting- swimming with or
against the current- of christianity, simply because
he happens to be an American writer. As an American
not raised as a christian such comments are insulting
on various levels, but I must admit, are themselves 
examples of the chauvanistic tide against which
preternatural doggie paddlers, like myself, are forever
seeking purchase. A copy of one of Pynchon's novels
bobbing along in the stream have often served as a
momentary respite.

In a message dated 7/30/02 6:11:06 AM, alfredjprufrock at club-internet.fr 
writes:

<< i was raised a catholic too. raised one. then, you know, i started
 thinking by myself and making my own choices. pynchon's being raised
 a catholic  doesn't mean he still is a christian. i challenge you to prove 
he still is a
 catholic. go ask him. he he. :)

 greg
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