"...in, say, the Kaiser's War both sides had called on the same Christian God." (p. 340)
In Jurgen, St. Peter or the Archangel Gabriel or one of those guys says that:
when two Christian countries fight each other, some sort of barrier is lowered to prevent prayers from either country reaching Heaven;
he has heard that, during such wars, both sides pray for victory;
however, he does not believe that even they would do that.
An absurdity combined with a moral/political point.
Back in Operation Luna, on the facing page, we read:
"Against the icy brilliance of the Milky Way and crowding stars, [the moon's] glow barely touched the soil, rocks, and sparse growth around us with gray." (p. 341)
2 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
And in a very real way both sides lost WW I, including the nominally victorious UK and France (the bad effects of the war were more subtle for the US and needed time to develop).
Ad astra! Sean
One traditional Christian prayer asked for victory, but concluded: "yet not my will be done, but Thine, O Lord, whose judgments are just and righteous altogether."
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