Yes, Another Joke
There is thus
and element of truth in a joke
about a young Christian girl’s ideal prayer
to the Virgin Mary:
“O thou who conceived without having sinned,
let me sin without having to conceive!”
–in the perverse functioning of Christianity,
religion is, in effect, evoked
as a safeguard allowing us to enjoy life
with impunity.
The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity by Slavoj Zizek, p. 49
