Christianity and Pynchon

[Otto]

Terrance, what's the ad hominem part in Bandwraith's reply?

Your "You've nothing to say"-- remark could be more easily interpreted as
that.

I still see more accusations of Christianity than any praise of it (or any
other *ism*) in TRP's texts. Colonialism and slavery (M&D is very much about
this) have been very Christian enterprises in the 19th Century; which by the
way (hi Greg) brings us back to Conrad: you have to have an idea and a
belief to bow down to to camouflage the greed.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
To: <Bandwraith at aol.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Christianity and Pynchon


> A typical ad hominem reply here. Nothing to add. No evidence.  no
> textual support.
>
> Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > What was that comment someone made earlier about
> > the works inviting projection of the reader's own
> > pejudices? The below comments seem to bear out
> > that idea pretty well. But there are elements of
> > the texts which seem to work against that very strong
> > tendency. And the simple decency which does
> > seem to be sprinkled throughout them certainly
> > preceded christianity, although I can see why people
> > of the christian faith would tend to cling to them and
> > claim them as evidence for a pro-christian Pynchon-
> > there being so little there to cling to, much of it
> > deliberately undercut.
> >
> > In a message dated 7/30/02 3:42:40 AM, lycidas2 at earthlink.net writes:
> >
> > << Yeah, whatever, the facts are are that Pynhcon is a CHRISTIAN.
> > You can say whatever, bu the facts are known: TRP was raised a catholic.
> > This is the most important fact about his biography. >>

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