[net.religion] Christianity & Love

lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.) (03/27/84)

"LOVE". The most subtle artifice that distinguishes Christianity from
other religions is a word: it speaks of LOVE. Thus it became the lyrical
religion (whereas in both their other creations the Semites presented the
world with heroic-epic religions). there is something so ambiguous and
suggestive about the word love, something that speaks to memory and to hope,
that even the lowest intelligence and the coldest heart still feel something
of the glimmer of this word.  The cleverest woman and the most vulgar man
recall the relatively least selfish moments of their whole life, even if
Eros has taken only a low flight with them; and for those countless ones
who MISS love, whether from their parents or their children or their beloved,
and especially for people with sublimated sexuality, Christianity has
always been a find.

	from THE PORTABLE NIETZSCHE, pg. 65

gulley@stolaf.UUCP (William T. Gulley) (03/29/84)

	Maybe there's a reason for it. (like, uh, maybe we NEED more 
	of it . .

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    UM YA YAAA!!
    Man, that felt great. .

    William Gulley - St. Olaf College - Northfield, Minnesota
    . .!inhp4!stolaf!gulley