Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 19:19:41 +0000 From: "steve.devos" <steve.devos-AT-krokodile.co.uk> Subject: Re: Just a slob like one of us Hugh why do you think God/theoilogy And faith has anything to do with Erioc's paragraph ? s hbone wrote: >Eric/All, >Eric wrote, > > > >>As Badiou puts it, the animal becomes an immortal in fidelity to the >>event of a truth that itself remains unnameable. Or as Sartre put it - >>our greatest de-sire is to become god, which is simply good orthodox >>teaching - god became humanity in order that humanity might become god - >>the word becoming flesh as the divine cyborg - Deus Prosthetic. >> >>The blind see and the crippled walk...and god took on our weakness, >> >> > >Badiou and others seem to traffic in truths that remain unthinkable, unspeakable, unknowable, hence unnameable. Truths that leave their selves incommunicado but with religious fervor for naming each other. I remember a night service outdoors in an enormous public space at Lourdes. Hundreds of cripples and otherwise afflicted. All of them immersed in holy scripture, holy light and holy music. Confident in their faith; certain the name of God would make them whole. > >Hugh > > >A truth that remains unnameable > > >--- StripMime Warning -- MIME attachments removed --- >This message may have contained attachments which were removed. > >Sorry, we do not allow attachments on this list. > >--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html >--- > > > --- StripMime Warning -- MIME attachments removed --- This message may have contained attachments which were removed. Sorry, we do not allow attachments on this list. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---
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