P. and D.

Obviously I think Žižek is exaggerating when he says that "When one reads Saint Paul's epistles, one cannot fail to notice how thoroughly and terribly indifferent he is toward Jesus as a living person." True, St. Paul doesn't comment extensively on the Gospel narratives, although he does allude in 1 Corinthians 7 to Jesus' teaching on the indissolubility of marriage, and he is the only source we have for one of Jesus' most quoted teachings, "It is better to give than to receive." But I would expect the first theologian of the Church to concentrate on the basic doctrines. Silence doesn't imply indifference.

His second argument against Eastern religiosity is to debunk the myth that it is especially pacifistic and unoppressive compared to monotheism. He attacks on two fronts: conceptually, by citing passages from Hindu and Buddisht writings which justify violence; historically, by pointing out that, for instance, plenty of Zen Buddhists supported Japanese imperialism, or that Heinrich Himmler's favorite book was the Bhagavad-Gita.