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i think donny , walter, dude are the holy trinity within ourselves, different aspects of one individual and donny, well, donny represents to me innocence and vulnerability.
and thats no 'come hither' look to jesus, man! that was flat out childlike confusion. donny is not a man, he's an aspect of childhood that needs protecting. JMHO.

Also, let's not forget, let's not forget the Dude accepted Donny as he was, flaws and all.  That's good enough for me.

how can you be a dudeist and be glad donny is dead? im still trying to figure that one out.

Donny was a good man, and thorough.

Father, Son, Holy Ghost?
Walter, Donnie, Dude?

One suggestion for the meaning of the line "the dude Abides" is

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The line, "The Dude abides" is a reference to Ecclesiastes 1:4 in The Bible: "One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever."

http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/50-things-you-%28probably%29-didnt-know-about-the-big-lebowski#item-1

Donnie dying does bolster the view that he is the "son".

He was doomed from the beginning.
I guess that's the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin' it-self,
down through the generations, westward the wagons, across the sands a time.

Quote from: BikerDude on September 16, 2014, 09:13:33 AM
Father, Son, Holy Ghost?
Walter, Donnie, Dude?

One suggestion for the meaning of the line "the dude Abides" is

Quote
The line, "The Dude abides" is a reference to Ecclesiastes 1:4 in The Bible: "One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever."

http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/50-things-you-%28probably%29-didnt-know-about-the-big-lebowski#item-1

Donnie dying does bolster the view that he is the "son".

He was doomed from the beginning.
I guess that's the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin' it-self,
down through the generations, westward the wagons, across the sands a time.

I get the foregone death thing but I'd still switch Donnie and the Dude in that ordering. Then their personalities perfectly mirror the scripture [i.e., Walter = old testament, Dude = new testament, and Donny = the holy ghost (e.g., Donny is the only one who dies and, even when he was alive, only communicated with Walter and once with the Dude)].*

Shit, on second thought, what about Donny as the symbolic offspring ("son") of Walter and the Dude? That seems consistent with his attempts to play the middle between two feuding parents (Walter and Dude), the references to him being a "child", and various sundry other stuff I'll have to look for the next time I watch TBL. Thanks, dudes, for sparking this interesting tangent.


*That's right, a bracket/parenthetical and i.e./e.g. combo, bitches.

Quote from: jgiffin on September 16, 2014, 11:39:09 PM...e.g., Donny is the only one who dies and, even when he was alive, only communicated with Walter and once with the Dude...

Not that it matters, but the Dude speaks directly to Donny twice in the movie.  The first time is in the bowling alley when the Dude and Walter are discussing who should replace the Dude's newly soiled rug, and Walter is going off on the first of his tirades:

Walter:  ...We're talking about unchecked aggression here.

Donny (to the Dude):  What the fuck is he talking about?

Dude (to Donny):  My rug.

The second is the the parking lot of the bowling alley after the discover the Dude's car has been stolen and the Dude walks away from Walter and Donny:

Donny:  Where you going, Dude?

Dude:  Home, Donny.

Donny:  Phone's ringing, Dude.

Dude:  Thank you, Donny.