A very funny version of Christianity, Jon.
On 15-Feb-05, at 6:45 PM, Jon Corelis wrote:
>
> Life is too dreadful to be lived but it must be. The possible
> solutions to
> this double bind are madness, suicide, or denial, and religion is
> denial writ
> large, it's simple hysterical denial (the most elemental and most
> profound
> defense mechanism) raised to mass delusion. Religion addresses the
> dilemma by
> assuring me, for instance, in the case of Christianity, that my mother
> is a
> virgin, that my father loves me and will make me whole even though he
> wants me
> to be crucified (i.e. castrated), that I will never have to die, that
> my
> goodness will be rewarded by evelasting joy, and that everyone who was
> ever
> nasty to me will roast howling in hell forever. What chance can
> reality stand
> against such a deeply satisfying fantasy?
>
And reminds me of the funniest version of the Fall of Lucifer I've
seen, too: in the original Bedazzled, where Peter Cook (as the devil)
tells poor Dudley Moore to dance about & praise him while he tells him
how it happened; Cook draws out the explanation, giving background
while Moore dances & sings his praises, until finally Moore says
something like, This is hard, I'm tired, can I stop for a moment? &
Cook shouts, That's exactly what happened to me!
Doug
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