Re: Is Holden atheist?

Andrew Charles Kennis (holden@escape.com)
Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:18:38 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Cheryl Cline wrote:

> Someone on the list said that Holden wasn't an atheist, but I always
> thought of him as one.  (Of course, up until my post about Holden's
> mental stability, I swallowed my English teacher's schizophrenia notion
> whole.  But, of course, he's published a book, so he must be the
> guardian of all literary knowledge...)  Holden never seems to speak of
> God in any reverent fashion.  Any other opinions on this?
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> 


My guess is that he's agnostic, as he never doubts God's existence 
either. He just doesn't talk much about it......just like any old don't 
know/don't care agnostic d00d would. 


--AK