A Tudor woman says:
"'Christ will receive you...'" (p. 120)
A turbaned white man asks which Christ: Catholic, Lutheran, Greek etc? These indeed differ. Does any objective reality correspond to any of these beliefs? Nothing is known about the historical Jesus who died a long time ago. On the other hand, people have, if not always, then for a very long time, projected deities which have taken different forms. In that sense, Christ is no different from Jupiter whom he replaced in the Roman Empire.
A Native American offers:
"'All roads up a mountain lead to heaven.'" (p. 121)
I agree up to a point. Some roads are dead ends but, but by walking such a road to its end, we can turn back and find another road that will take us further. All roads up point towards heaven by which I mean greater understanding, not a hereafter.
He continues:
"'Let each walk the one his forefathers trod.'" (ibid.)
I disagree. Let each walk the one that he finds for himself.
"'On mine, I see their footprints in the dust before me, and in the wind I hear their ghosts singing the olden songs -'" (ibid.)
There is that wind again. This Native American remains close to his ancestral way but not all of us do that.
2 comments:
Note that the Indian is there on "Loser's Night"...
Kaor, Paul and Mr. Stirling!
Paul: I disagree, even non-Christian writers like Flavius Josephus and Tacitus could report true things about Christ and early Christians less than a century after the Resurrection. Plus, we learn much about Him from the Gospels and the rest of the NT. With me believing the arguments of the neo-Griesbachians that Matthew and Mark were written by or before AD 50.
Mr. Stirling: IIRC from past readings of "Losers' Night," that Indian was the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh's brother the "Prophet," whose delusional preaching provoked the battle which wrecked Tecumseh's hopes. Because he wasn't yet ready for war against the US. I think Tecumseh was still busy negotiating alliances with other Indian tribes and the British in Canada.
Ad astra! Sean
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