Re: His Dark Materials (was Re: "Da Vinci" Debunking

At 12:47 PM 4/28/2004, Ralph Hancock wrote:

> As an
> example, Pullman imagines a religious order of monk-assassins who spend
> their lives leading up to the murder by doing penance for it in advance.

Clever, but surely the Cathars had a much better idea (and actually existed
to boot): do whatever you want (indeed, the more hedonistic the better) and
then confess everything right before the end. You don't need to plan things
out so carefully that way.

Scott Carson
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~carsond