Bible thumpers

[Daniel Harper]

I posted a bit about Pynchon and religion here:

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0704&msg=117868&keywords=unerringly%20to%20the%20Despair%20at%20the%20Core%20of%20History%20harper

In a larger sense, I highly doubt that a Biblical inerrantist would be able
to enjoy Pynchon.

On 5/21/07, Penny Padgett Harper <padgett.harper at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> 'S'a'right, I'm not offended -- but then I don't consider myself a Bible
> thumper.
>
> I suspect what you mean is "biblical inerrantist" or "biblical
> literalist," which
> many people conflate with "Christian."  Your instincts are probably
> correct
> that there are few fundamentalist Christians who enjoy Pynchon or
> participate
> on Pynchon-L.  (By the way, it is quite possible for liberal Christians to
> be
> zealous and daily believers, even if the late Jerry Falwell would have
> consigned
> us all to Hell without a second thought.)
>
> I don't remember a lot of discussion of Pynchon and Christianity over the
> years;
> perhaps an archives search would surface the points that have been covered
> before.
>
> Penny
>
>
>
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