Subject: Re: atheism
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Wed Jan 19 2000 - 07:47:01 EST
In a message dated 1/19/00 3:43:01 AM Eastern Standard Time,
rbowman@indigo.ie writes:
<< And The End of the Affair seems to me his undoubted masterpiece,
one of the very few books I never tire of re-reading.
I wonder why it is that so many of us find a narrative, a story,
a fable, a parable, so much more haunting & persuasive than
an argument?
Scottie B. >>
Boy is this going to sound painfully repetitive after everything I've said,
but it's because a narrative of sorts communicates an experience. It
involves the whole person, it makes the subject Real. On the other hand,
purely rational discussion isn't quite so engaging. BTW, I've read Greene a
little bit, and am not disappointed :)
That's one of the critiques of modernism, by the way. It leaves us empty.
Jim
P.S. Really appreciate your post.
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