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The Way Christ Was A Man
20 May 2005Eula Biss: "The concept of Christ is considerably older than the concept of zero. Both are problematic, but the problem of zero troubles me more than the problem of Christ. "Zero is not a number. Or at least it does not behave like a number. It does not add, subtract, or multiply like other numbers. Zero is a number the way Christ was a man. "Aristotle, for one, did not believe in zero." Excerpted from an excerpt of "The Pain Scale," by Eula Biss, in the June issue of Harper's. Originally published in the Spring issue of the Seneca Review. The poem continues through the pain scale of 0-10, and we recommend every word; but these, in particular, seem relevant to the problem of journalism about religion.
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