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[Paul Mackin]

On Dec 21, 2006, at 11:14 PM, Will Layman wrote:

> I've got to say that this sounds ("The Gravity Book", c'mon . . .)  
> like a holiday goof.
>
> But if it's not, I'd like to say that reading Pynchon hardly  
> suggests that you are some kind of anti-religious zealot.  While  
> the world of Pynchon's books hardly suggests respect for  
> traditional religious institutions, that same world suggests, again  
> and again, that there are worlds and levels of consciousness beyond  
> the human/rational/scientific.  The message Pynchon repeatedly  
> sends to me is about the foolishness of thinking that any one  
> person or system or set of beliefs is ultimately "controlling".   
> It's anti-dogma, but hardly anti-spiritual.
>
> I'm not particularly in the market to be "saved" -- by Jesus or  
> anyone else -- but I don't think anybody should mock notion of  
> spirituality, in these books or anywhere else.  The hubris of the I- 
> know-I'm-right atheist is as un-Pynchon as any other unbending  
> missionary.
>
> -- Will
>


Yeah, it's odd to think religious talk should strike terror in the  
hearts of the populace. As if a veritable stake needs to be put  
through its heart.

Muslims in Congress, Christians on the p-list, what next?

Even a hoax can be instructive.




> On Dec 21, 2006, at 6:47 PM, friend tom 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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