16 January 2020: “He said he talked to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving his car. That killed me. I just see the big phony bastard shifting into first gear and asking Jesus to send him a few more stiffs.” -Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
Working through some more Catcher this morning and this passage, in which Holden describes a Pencey graduate/benefactor who made his fortune in undertaking, cracked me up. And given the overwhelming hypocrisy on display by so many vocal Christians these days, it sure does seem as relevant a criticism as it was back in 1951.
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