Pynchon as propaganda

[Terrance]

jbor wrote:
> 
> As I've already shown, both the tone and the semantic content of the passage
> do rely on the opposition of Christian faith in life after and death and a
> view of death as final and irrevocable. The chaplains tell the soldiers a
> myth about redemption and salvation. But the soldiers just die. That's the
> purport of the passage.

NO. You have not demonstrated that this opposition is present anyplace
but in your own reading of the text. When you read the word
"nothingness" you associated it with Sartre and Heidegger and
Existentialism. But why  a clergyman would be discussing "nothingness"
in either Sartre's or Heidegger's sense is not something you have
explained. Furthermore, despite the fact that "nothingness" is a
fundamental concept of Christian theology and the fact that
"nothingness" is used in the text (GR) in other episodes  in the
Christian-theological  sense, you refuse to admit that your Sunday
school understanding of Christian theology is in error. The problem, as
far as I can tell, is that your reading is based on your knowing of the
Existential use of the word and not the Christian theological meaning.
But the context proves your reading is incorrect.