Message de Bruno della Chiesa:

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Voici un texte écrit lundi, depuis son lit d'hôpital à NYC, par Norman Spinrad. D'après les autres informations qu'il donne, il se pourrait qu'il s'agisse de son dernier. Quoi qu'il en soit, à vous de juger s'il est bon de le faire circuler [...]. Lui, en tout cas, n'a rien contre (voir sa note après le titre), et comme il a beaucoup d'amis en france...

Et la prière de Norman :

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AN AGNOSTIC'S PRAYER by Norman Spinrad (100% in public domain, do with it what thou wilt:) agnostic (common definition): someone who neither believes nor disbelieves in God gnosis:literally knowledge gnosis mystical and philosophical definition: direct experience of the transcendent gnostic: one who believes that faith or the acquisition thereof must be based on such direct interior gnosis rather than dogma or scripture. Dear God, Jesus, Jehovah, Allah, or similar caring, loving, transcendent being by whatever other name, I don't know if you're out there, but if you are give me a sign, touch my soul, fill me with your grace, and thereby prove to me that you exist. By whatever means you choose, by whatever means necessary. That's not really very much to ask from such a God. I ask for that now, and for my personal salvation afterward, only when and if I know in my heart and soul that I'm not whistling Dixie and praying a Hail Mary into nothing but the void. All believers in you wrestle with the problem of evil and injustice rampant in a world supposedly created by a deity who is omniscient, omnipotent, loving, and just, a glaring paradox which can neither be denied nor explained by any scripture or logic. To worship such a god blindly, a god who is the moral inferior of his human creations, is to simply bow the knee to superior power. Of course those who do not believe in such a god have no such problem, not believing that any natural morality, goodness, or for that matter evil, is inherent in the structure of the universe. So God, Jesus, Jehovah, Allah, or whatever caring, loving, transcendent being by whatever other name who may be out there hearing this prayer, give me a sign. I'm not praying for a burning bush or a physical manifestation of any kind, just the grace of gnosis of your existence in my soul and in my heart. And then I will pray to you for my salvation as so many believers already are. And then I will, like them, pray for the salvation of others in dire straights, and for the salvation of the world. Over to you, Big Boy. If you're out there, show me your face.

JDB


Juste pour dire que Norman a été opéré et que ça s'est bien passé.

Roland C.Wagner