Bible thumpers

[Joe Allonby]

Didn't we have a born-again attempting to convert us recently? Or was that
determined to be a hoax?

On 5/21/07, Daniel Harper <daniel.e.harper at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I posted a bit about Pynchon and religion here:
>
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> http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0704&msg=117868&keywords=unerringly%20to%20the%20Despair%20at%20the%20Core%20of%20History%20harper
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> 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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