Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The Odicy

THEODICY is the branch of theology that tries to explain the existence of evil in the world; it is concerned primarily with rationalizing the apparently unjust behaviour of a definitionally just God.

THE ODYSSEY is the story of an impeccably moral man who just wants to go home to the arms of his wife after 10 years of war and runs into no end of trouble in the attempt; it is, in other words, a recognition of the reality of evil in the world.

I'd like to see a work of literature that recognizes this clever pun.

8 comments:

Bernice said...

paradise lost
paradise lost paradise lost
paradise lost
paradise lost
is this pun, although it doesn't specifically use it.

Bernice said...

oh
and odysseus is absolutely nothing close to "impeccably moral"

Weaselbag said...

The odd icy sidewalk reminds me how much God hates me.

MAN AM I GOOD OR WHAT

Eagle Ray said...

the "O" dice i see
are not cubes,
as is convention.

Weaselbag said...

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Weaselbag said...

I will do so immediately.