Norman Mailer on God


	Norman Mailer on God

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11-11-2007 1:26 PM

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norman mailer, existentialism, god, sartre, hope, tragedy, uncertainty

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11-18-2007 4:56 AM

syncopath

a God who is an artist, not a law-giver;

great ! well said! may be a poet ? !!

One that can spell the words that take what there is, and re-compose it unto a more inspiring possibility. One that by his very single word can create A universe. A reality that surpass the banal of this reality we common mortals believe in, because that`s what meets our eyes.
An artist. One that can make a work of art.
A poet. One that a whole uni-verse can be born by his word.

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Sartre, however, was comfortable as an atheist even if he had no
fundament on which to plant his philosophical feet. To hell with that,
he didn't need it. He was ready to survive in mid-air. We are French, he
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