Redjay12 OP t1_j2aow9e wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:30 PM

Reply to comment by marrjoram in Is Canticle For Lebowitz supposed to be funny? by Redjay12

very interesting - I didn’t think we were supposed to be on that priests side, especially as he made himself suffer needlessly at the end im order to suffer as much as she (the woman he had prevented from suicide) had suffered

marrjoram t1_j2askyf wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:54 PM

I'm not sure if I interpreted it right, and it's been some time, but to me the suffering for the sake of it seemed like the point, like we were meant to admire the path the priest chose, and I remember the frustration and strong disagreement while reading it. But I'm also an atheist (raised Catholic) who is pretty anti-Church, so it might have been just my opinions skewing my interpretation. I might have to go back and re-read it sometime :)