pynchon a gnostic? II

[Keith McMullen]

>>>I think there's a propensity within the formalisation and
bureaucratisation of belief systems of whatever stripe to devolve into
rituals and social practices which are both totalising and oppressive.<<<

Yeah, I don't see the caste system spawned by Hinduism as any more desirable
than any bullshit resulting from the literalization of Judeo-Christian
myths.