1984 craziness

[sarynx]

i just read 1984. yes that's correct i did not read it in high school. perhaps because my english teachers liked socialism more than Orwell. :) liberal conspiracy theories aside - it screwed me up. then i listened to darlene zschech + choir + brass + band sing worship songs. and i started to think maybe orwell hated christianity or religion in

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Cristianity as refocused Socialism

[blastus]

Oog. I so should be going to bed. Probably wouldn't hurt you, either. As I mull this over, it is apparent that I'm not much good for philosophizin' right now. I remember reading the book, and I remember that it was not for school. At least, I don't recall writing much afterwords.

I hear you on the Christianity/Socialism parallel thing. Orwell's worldview is not familiar territory for me (at least, not at a quarter to four, Ante Meridiem), but I don't fancy that his main goal was to attack those of us who claim that Jesus had more going for him than good morals. As I recall, he seemed to be taking issue with communism as the nightmarish consequence of socialism. To me, Christianity is socialist in its (hopefully) homogeneous estimation of the worth of each practitioner, regardless of background or demographic. Some, such as clergy, might be held to higher standards, but that is specifically to prevent the pitfalls which Orwell decried.

Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone desires to be an overseer, he desires a noble

Re: Cristianity as refocused Socialism

[sarynx]

first of all: BLASTUS!!!!

second.. i think orwell would not have diluted his focus by aiming at socialism and Christianity at the same time. i don't know if socialism must end up where he put it - but the ideas about how the Party perpetuates itself were both feasible and chilling. Which was the point. So i guess i feel better about it a bit, having written about it.. i don't feel as .. cornered, as conservative, as attacked.

i was particularly pissed that it didn't end how i wanted. not only did they get arrested (and orwell did a good job of getting me to hope against knowledge that they could escape, as they did), but they betrayed each other. finally and fully. they couldn't just get killed in love, they had to get changed first.

third, i love how your Hobbes icon casts a thoughtful look at my writings. :)

Great Post

[blastus]

Thanks for posting this. Like you, I had some things going on today which shook me up on certain levels of emotion and faith. Music didn't seem to be the thing to help me straighten out my thoughts. Rather, writing about Cristianity and what makes it superior to other things was, I think, just what I needed.