The Crucifixion, a Paradise of Tragic Comedy

i think there's a lot to be said for a sensualism, a very familiar irish mode. Crucifixion in one sense just fits the paradise of tragedy that i've been talking about. There is this kind of almost grotesquely, not exactly funny, but grotesque aspect,. which is that god sends his son to redeem humanity, and what do we do? We kill him. That's equally a christian idea isn't it a you know, matthew. Matthew's gospel sets up the second coming in all this traditional hebraic imagery of clouds and triumph and all that. Andhy thoughts about jehn bauga, in the agony of power, he talks about