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person that we see first— like a policeman. He sees the streets differently from a cab driver . . . they both see different things—so when we're ready . . .
    B: Mm . . .
    A: To wed —it could be our old habits cause our sight to fasten on . . .
    B: Uh huh . . .
    A: A . . .
    B: . . . the false . . .
    A: No. Not necessarily false. Yes. False. In a way. In that all that's wrong, finally, is that she . . . she's not the right—put in her place as, simply, as a “woman," fine. But as the girl for you, no. No. To marry? No. Because you're caught in your “pre-courtship . . . ” No. “Pre-marriage courtship context.” Your sight . . . ( Pause. ) Your body says “wed.” But your soul, your, no, your habits still in that outmoded mode of thinking. So she's wrong. She's the wrong one. Althoughthe time is right. You break up with this person. You find someone new. You marry and you say “Now how extraordinary that I found two such . . . ”
    B: . . . yes . . .
    A: . . . and, if you think, you reason back and you see that it was only the time was right. Just like a flower. ( Pause .) That's all. So, with the Antichrist . . . it's just an . . . here's where I think the new test . . . it's . . .
    B: . . . the New Testament . . .
    A: . . . it's brilliant. What it is is, finally, I think, I could be wrong, perhaps not in entirety, but perhaps so, I don't know. What it is is allegory for marriage. ( Pause .) The Christ, the Antichrist . . . reunion . . .
    B: You're saying it's pri . . .
    A: What?
    B: It's primarily a ho . . .
    A: A what?
    B: A homosexual relationship.
    A: What is?
    B: I don't mean a ho . . . I mean a homosexual romance . . .
    A: No. ( Pause. ) Perhaps it is. ( Pause .) No. Because we're . . . Ah. Because we're waiting for that man . . .
    B: For that one man . . .
    A: No. Perhaps so, Huh. ( Pause. ) Huh. ( Pause .) What are you saying? ( Pause .)
    B: That it's a homosexual romance.
    A: Huh. ( Pause .)
    B: No. I'm not saying that. I'm asking if . . .
    A: If I implied that.
    B: Yes.
    A: If the New Testament . . . ( Pause .) No. I don't think so. ( Pause. ) You're . . . wait a second. I said it's an . . .
    B: . . . it's an allegory . . .
    A: . . . it's an allegory for . . .
    B: . . . mmm hmm . . .
    A: But what you're saying
    B: Yes. For marriage. But it's not a reconciliation with the . . .
    A: With the Earth . . .
    B: Yes.
    A: With the, um, um, with the mother figure . . . no.
    B: But . . .
    A: Yes. Mmm. With the . . . yes . . .
    B: Yes. With the . . .
    A: But with the father . ( Pause .)
    B: It's not a hetero . . .
    A: No . . .
    B: If we . . .
    A: Yes. Taken as a romance. No. ( Pause .) Mm. Striving for . . . ( Pause .) No. ( Pause .)
    Wait a second. ( Pause .) Now; what are we: what are we . . . what are we saying here: Let's step back . . . ( Pause. ) That Christianity is.. . ( Pause. ) I started off, I said that the Antichrist is The False Girlfriend . . .
    B: Is like the false . . .
    A: But it would be the false Boyfriend is what you're saying. ( Pause. ) You're saying that the whole religion's basically an apology for homosexuality
    B: I don't think that I'm saying that.
    A: Well. It's the logical extension of your . . . A reunion with the Father. A refusal to accept the . . . um . . . the weight of . . . hetero . . . essentially . . . wait . . . wait a second: mate, have children, bequeath . . . the seed bank . . . pass on your, um, and die. Essentially the hetero . . . and what you're saying . . . well. Well, yes. Um. And living forever. ( Pause. ) That You will live forever. It's a, yes, it's basically a refusal to change. Continence . . . um, we are assured that if we plightour troth to the father figure we will not d . . . which is, um, to say we will not grow up. We will not grow old. Ha. So we have discovered the . . . wait, we have discovered the Perfect Man. We fall in love with him, and we will not grow old. Yes. It's a homosexual romance. Yes. If we, what? If we sufficiently, if we love him with all