Is losing one's mind a form of salvation in the Jossverse, or at least a redeeming feature?
I get the impression it's that a person who's lost their capacity for rational thought has also lost their capacity to think up elaborate rationalisations and self-deceptions.Their madness might deceive them, but they no longer deceive themselves.
As for Joss being a secret Catholic: I doubt it, because the doctrine of Purgatory requires a Heaven too. I don't think Joss believes in happy ever afters...
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Date: 2009-10-25 02:59 am (UTC)I get the impression it's that a person who's lost their capacity for rational thought has also lost their capacity to think up elaborate rationalisations and self-deceptions.Their madness might deceive them, but they no longer deceive themselves.
As for Joss being a secret Catholic: I doubt it, because the doctrine of Purgatory requires a Heaven too. I don't think Joss believes in happy ever afters...