Against the Day/Songs

[richard baillie]

I screams across the sky?


On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:13:10 -0700 (PDT), "Chris Broderick"
<elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com> said:
> 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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