(urth) Lupiverse(es)

David Stockhoff dstockhoff at verizon.net
Fri Mar 16 15:10:33 PDT 2012


Hey, I didn't mention Tebow.

On 3/16/2012 4:52 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> 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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