Tag: christianity
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The Cult of the Big Book.
The unfolding of the Logos introduced directionality into history Such as do build their faith upon The Holy Text of pike and gun Decide all controversy by Infallible Artillery And prove their doctrine orthodox By Apostolic blows and knocks call Fire and Sword and Desolation A godly-thorough-Reformation. Samuel Butler. This monster-post, inspired by the book […]
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The Uncoupling of Jesus Christ.
Hope is a long leash drawn in slowly. Wendy Cope, After Prague I came to The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ well disposed to Philip Pullman, and I left with my illusions intact. Pullman tackles the central conundrum of the Christianity: how did the oh-so-radical Jesus leave the oh-so-conservative church as his sole legacy? Pullman’s […]