GR Father Rapier's sermon

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on 21/4/03 9:08 PM, Terrance at lycidas2 at earthlink.net wrote:

> What the Jesuit Father Rapier is talking about is Death.
> Who does he speak for? Where is his church? His congregation? His Flock?

Rapier's shingle sez he's a "Devil's Advocate". From the description of his
shack and the content of his speech I'd say he's preaching against the
general consensus of this Counterforce Convention, as a "Devil's Advocate"
would be expected to, even though he really shares in its aims, whatever
those might be (and that's a bit hard to work out and set down, because the
whole thing seems designed to defy rational explanation, or "Analysis", as
the primary counterpart of "Control"). The Devil's Advocate's task is to
test out the report of a miracle by investigating and challenging the
details of the report and the claim.

Again, I'm at a loss as to what point you're trying to make. Are you saying
that the text endorses Fr Rapier's sermon? It doesn't seem to make a whole
lot of sense.

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> Who are THEY? 
> 
> Father Rapier's capitalized They:
> 
> Economically, They are the  Kartell, Firm, Syndicate, Management
> 
> Politically,  They are  Empire, Corporate State, Ruling Elite-the
> degenerate aristocracy.
> 
> 
> Theologically, They are The Elect
> 
> 
> There is a universal conspiracy in GR. They appear under
> every imaginable manifestation of power. Ultimately, all of
> these are subordinated to the "the needs of technology
 a
> conspiracy between human beings and techniques
these needs
> are understood only by the Political They or the "Ruling
> Elite." 
> 
> 
> THE ECONOMIC: The Kartel, The Syndicate, The Firm, The
> Management
> 
> In economic terms, They are "the growing organic Kartel",
> the "IG" that Smarargd says is "ours" but which Herr
> Rathenau, from the expanded, though not perfect view, on
> the "other side" says is "only another illusion."
> 
> Rathenau seems to know more about who They are, but he can't
> tell. He can only tell what the questions are: "You must ask
> two questions. First, what is the real nature of synthesis?
> And then: what is the real nature of control?" [GR.166-167]
> 
> Pointsman, the profane Pavlovian Knight, knows that the
> "agents of the Syndicate
 wait in the central chamber" of
> the labyrinth, that "its only a job they have
."
> 
> Funding the War and the Laboratory is expensive. Men and
> women can be very valuable assets to The Firm.  When the
> Reverend Dr. Paul de la Nuit argues that the MMPI only
> "tests for whether a man will be a good or bad soldier," and
> not any "human values," Pointsman replies,
> "Soldiers are much in demand these days, Reverened Doctor."
> [GR.81]
> 
> Of course,  The Firm is particularly interested in any
> soldiers that possess special talents or "gifts."
> 
> I just love they way Pirate Prentice ends up in "Hell."
> 
> Pirate's gift for "getting inside the fantasies of others
is a gift the
> Firm
> finds uncommonly useful."
> 
> 
> 
> They control the funding of Their projects with the War that never ends,
> 
> Although Pirate saves Europe from the Balkan Armageddon, the
> Firm only allows him "tiny homeopathic doses of peace" and
> he does not save Europe from World War II. The Firm uses men
> or women to get what They want.
> 
> The Firm's or Their control over the narrative is worth considering,