Against the Day/Songs

[Chris Broderick]

Superman screams across the sky?

-Chris

--- richard baillie <richbaillie at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> couldn't it just be someone screaming??
> 
> 
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:53:14 +0000, "Ghetta Life"
> <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> said:
> > 
> > The screaming across the sky might be God's voice,
> or a rocket, or it
> > might 
> > be multitude of rockets leaving no place
> untouched.  In the last case
> > there 
> > seems little distinction between the religious or
> the secular eschaton,
> > at 
> > least from the scular point of view (not beliving
> in an after-life for
> > our 
> > species).
> > 
> > Ghetta
> > 
> > >From: Chris Broderick
> <elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com>
> > >
> > >Paul sez:
> > >
> > >It's important that the Day of Judgement be seen
> to be just about as fully 
> > >applicable to the secular world and to the world
> of belief other than 
> > >fundamentalist Christian.  In all realms it is a
> judgement from which there 
> > >  is no appeal (GR page 1).
> > >
> > >So I say:
> > >
> > >Important to whom?  Death (as embodied by the
> screaming across the sky in 
> > >GR) is the judgement to which there is no appeal.
>  And yes, that screaming 
> > >could be the voice of a God dispensing judgement.
>  But it could also just 
> > >be a missile.
> > >
> > >The Day of Judgement is something else entirely. 
> As Anthony Burgess sez, 
> > >"Human beings die, and we all die... Only minor
> literature aims at 
> > >apocalypse."  Or something like that.  If you are
> an ethical atheist or a 
> > >Buddhist, the Day of Judgement is always already
> in existence.  So if you 
> > >mean that, then I agree with you.  But what I am
> against (and what I 
> > >believe the title Against the Day may imply) is
> the idea that judgement of 
> > >human behavior can be deferred to the point after
> we destroy ourselves as a 
> > >species.  I just want to make that distinction.
> > 
> >
>
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>   richard baillie
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