Happy Good Frigg's Day

[Terrance]

joeallonby wrote:
> 
> This is a masterpiece.
> 
> Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.

Jesus was executed as were many by the Romans for being a Messianic
pretender. 
The veneration of the cross, an important symbol in GR, is a tradition
that began in the 7th century. The cross is an ancient and widespread
religious symbol. Those that associate its smugness in GR with Christ
will have to explain why Pynchon associates the cross the Egyptian sign
for Life, the Tree of Life in the Herero religion, the swastica--which
was a sign of life and an astrological symbol,  sign of blessing long
before Jesus of Nazareth was born....and so on....