tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post5531552950119451403..comments2024-03-29T00:07:13.458-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: God is a distant — stately Lover —Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-47708638288643482372024-01-13T11:29:45.605-08:002024-01-13T11:29:45.605-08:00“Woos, as He states [tells] us — by His Son —”:
...“Woos, as He states [tells] us — by His Son —”: <br /><br />Jesus tells Nicodemus, a local Jewish leader, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16).<br /><br />“[God] Vouches, with hyperbolic archness —”:<br /><br />“Vouch” means to swear something is true. God “vouches”, through his son, that He and Jesus are “Synonyme” (synonyms), two names for the same thing. <br /><br />“Hyperbolic archness” means “exaggerated cunning” (EDLex). Isn’t this how a compelling used-car salesman pitches an old car, “good as new”? Orwell smiles, wherever he is.<br /><br />No wonder this poem “was met with such outrage it was withdrawn.” (SK)<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-60314389543980299952023-11-19T15:19:30.143-08:002023-11-19T15:19:30.143-08:00Gosh, it's wild to see ED's mind at work s...Gosh, it's wild to see ED's mind at work sometimes. Christ as Alden? Who else would've thought of that? To put God the father and the son into the terms of a lovers triangle is an interesting twist, to say the least. <br /><br />From the Dickinson Lexicon. Archness, n. Cunning; mischievousness; cleverness; teasing; good-humored slyness; [fig.] riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery; (see Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish). <br /><br /> (It's interesting that this entry alludes to Longfellow's poem.)<br /><br />So, hyperbolic archness is...God as over-the-top clever? Or, in your parlance, "that old fox the father." <br /> <br />Perhaps there is a warning here that if you get into religion because of the mercy of Christ, be careful, because you get "stately" religion along with it, and all that implies (judgement, damnation, etc.)<br /><br />It seems to me that ED is being hyperbolically arch here herself. <br /><br />Love your observation about hyperbola as an arc.d scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08242682202760522439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-41121829469631412832015-11-25T16:18:32.876-08:002015-11-25T16:18:32.876-08:00Thank you for this history lesson. And your use of...Thank you for this history lesson. And your use of "pwned" made me lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com