(urth) Lupiverse(es)

[Jeff Wilson]

On 3/15/2012 1:36 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> On 3/15/2012 2:13 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> On 3/15/2012 9:39 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>>> The next is that the story can be interpreted as a kind of satire, even
>>> a comedy. What could be more arrogant than rebuilding or summoning
>>> Christ? And yet what Christian would not desire, at some level, for that
>>> to happen? (Perhaps not a modern one, but certainly a medieval one.)
>>
>> This is not the least common take on things, with people misguidedly
>> seeking to possess or coerce their divine benefactor rather than
>> follow his example. It is repeated in UOTNS with Apu Punchau, in the
>> Ray Bradbury story, "The Man", the Terence Stamp/Udo Kier film,
>> _Revelation_, and even the comic _G vs E_ series had the agents trying
>> to earn enough points to win a personal meeting with JC Himself.
>>
> And quarterbacks demanding a victory for their team.

Has Tebow disclosed that's what he's praying for, rather than the usual, 
"Please don't let me screw up" and freedom from injury prayers most 
athletes offer up?


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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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