-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 09/15/2000 9:54:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Yeah especially in churches and among the clerical hierarchy. >>
Well, Joshua, was the Last Supper a Passover meal? I'm sure if I was a
student of the Bible, I would know this, but I'm not sure. Yes, I agree that
Christ was born into a middle class family with a carpentry business. Even
his place of birth was one that under the circumstances demonstrated that
Joseph had enough money to secure a warm place even under very crowded
conditions. The poor would have been huddled outside the caravansaray walls
which provided little safety and proximity to the toilet area. There are
still villages where people go "outside the walls" for toilet purposes. I
have never known any Jews who have taken a vow of poverty, so I do not know
what vessels they allow themselves with which to celebrate Passover.
There's something incongruous about a group who have taken a vow of poverty
drinking wine from a jewel encrusted cup. Prudy
