introduction

[Joe Allonby]

Actually, I flatter myself to think that I may be the worst.

The first half of the bible should be retitled "How to Live in a Middle
Eastern Desert Three Thousand Years Ago".

The second half should be "How to Live Under Roman Occupation".

I'm going to go eat some lobster now and commend my friends on their gay
marriages.


On 12/21/06, friend tom <telecomtom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/21/06, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Another day, another cavalcade of [unChristian content deleted].
>
>
> I want to thank you all for responding. I think you all need to be saved,
> but don't we all? We are all sinners in the eyes of God. But I have promised
> to keep my posts on topic, which is Mr. Pynchon and his works. And if in the
> process I can help some of you find your way to salvation, all the better.
>
> I have studied this Pynchon phenomenon, as it is called, for several days
> now, and I know a lot about it. I have also been listening to the dreaded
> Howard Stern, and watching the Simpsons. Yes, I have done my homework and
> will continue to do so regardless of how offensive it is to one's
> sensibilities. I feel not unlike Daniel in the lion's den. I will work for
> the Lord in the darkest corners.
>
> Some of you, well probably all of you, are familiar with the sixteenth
> season of the Simpsons (I found it on the google). Mr. Pynchon took it upon
> himself to make one of his infrequent public appearances there, well, at
> least his voice and as a cartoon character with a bag over his head. I mean,
> can  you believe it, he is so afraid of exposure that his cartoon
> representation had its/his face obscured. He needs help and we should all
> pray for him.
>
> But at least he was there. This is so very significant because the
> Simpsons is actually a Christian work. And as for Howard Stern, well, as
> they say, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Mr. Stern, the
> self-professed King of Media, is the worst, but I will not run from him. I
> will confront his depravity and maybe, just maybe, I can help him and his
> millions of satellite fans find The Way.
>
> I have to read more. The Gravity book is not the easiest thing I've tried
> to read, but I know I can do it because I have the Good Book as my guide. I
> know that we all can find Christ in The Phychon Phenomenon, as Mr. Pynchon
> himself has done when he appeared on the Simpsons.
>
> Remember that the Lord loves you. He loves Mr. Pynchon for participating
> in the Christian Simpsons show. we all wish you a Merry Christmas, even to
> Jews (Christ was one!), Muslims, Buddhists, transcendentalistis, pantheists,
> agnostics, atheists, communists and so on. We are all God's people.
>
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