Wine as a "Splendid Symbol"
Sep. 30th, 2008 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Unfermented grape juice is a bland and pleasant drink ... [but] it is a ghastly symbol of the life blood of Jesus Christ, especially when served in individual antiseptic, thimble-sized glasses. Wine is booze, which means it is dangerous and drunk-making. It makes the timid brave and the reserved amorous. It loosens the tongue and breaks the ice especially when served in a loving cup. It kills germs. As symbols go, it is a rather splendid one.
-- Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1971
-- Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1971
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Date: 2008-10-01 02:33 am (UTC)(And I think this icon works here.)
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Date: 2008-10-01 04:16 am (UTC)Pasteurized, sterile, and homogenized, indeed—utterly lethal to culture: all you get left with are strip malls and Lawrence Welk!
*busts up laughing at your observation & icon allllllll over again*
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Date: 2008-10-02 01:58 am (UTC)This is such a powerful image. . .
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