{"id":31231,"date":"2011-09-06T17:39:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T17:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/theanchoress\/?p=31231"},"modified":"2015-05-23T16:53:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T16:53:50","slug":"pratchett-chesterton-granny-the-grubby-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2011\/09\/06\/pratchett-chesterton-granny-the-grubby-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Pratchett, Chesterton, Granny & the Grubby White"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Over at First Things,<\/strong> I\u2019m writing about Terry Pratchett, Sin, Chesterton and Assisted Suicide<\/strong><\/a> and referencing one of Julie Davis\u2019 favorite exchanges<\/strong><\/a> his great book, Carpe Jugulum<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Having announced several years ago that he is dealing with early-onset dementia, Terry Pratchett, the celebrated author of scores of fantasy titles, most notably the marvelously wise and entertaining Disc World series, has\u2014despite rumors to the contrary\u2014staunchly maintained his atheist\u2019s stance. Last year he declared that, having compared Genesis to Darwin, he found the latter to be by far the more interesting story and, taken all-in-all, he would \u201crather be a rising ape than a fallen angel.\u201d[\u2026]<\/p>\n

For all of Patchett\u2019s puckish posturing, though, his characters have a knack for plumbing surprising depths. His book, Carpe Jugulum, gives us an excellent definition of sin in this exchange between the Omnian priest, Mightily Oats, and the rather contemplative witch, Granny Weatherwax:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not as simple as that. It\u2019s not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNope.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPardon?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no grays, only white that\u2019s got grubby. I\u2019m surprised you don\u2019t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That\u2019s what sin is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The piece is not easy to excerpt<\/strong>, but Chesterton \u2014 whom Pratchett publicly admires \u2014 must show up, and so I hope you\u2019ll go read the whole thing<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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