I wasn't gonna respond to this thread, but it's reached the point where I must...
Theological ignorance is ignorance all the same, whether the theology in question is Christian, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Islamic, Driudic or Gnostic. And to equate a profit-driven Hollywood interpretation of myths with any kind of reality that those myths might have had is a stupidity of quantum proportion. To further conclude that that Hollywood "vision" represents any kind of value system of the people being portrayed belies an ignorance of human behavior so profound as to boggle one's mind. What I have seen here of late, convinces me that there is no "sensible" discussion going on about the sociocultural and religious conflicts of having a website that is sponsored by commercial entities and has readers whose beliefs run counter to the religious beliefs of the site owners, in a political entity ostensibly based upon the concept of separation of Church and State. Editorial viewpoints are just that...the views of the editor. Yes, if there is a commercial sponsorship associated, then one has to be willing to accept what goes with that. Ask Bill Maher about that. The bully pulpit has its own responsibility AND freedoms. Why any one feels that they must use this forum to display their rather appalling ignorance of history (both political AND religious) is beyond me. I feel that it is time for the List Mom to assert their authority to bring this thread to closure. It is neither appropriate to the ends of this forum nor is it offering any enlightenment. Sheesh! Dennis Moser >my mistake, i am as human as the next. christianity isn't one of my >specialties as it's not my faith and like any normal person, i am >falable. none the less, the point stands. i was probably confused >because the romans were good about exiling people as well. for that >matter, i never considered the bible historically accurate, even before >hitler and others rewrote it to serve there own ends. i'm much better >versed on more recent history, history 2,000 years ago can really only >be studied in college adequately and wasn't part of my majors. i am >better versed on the last couple of hundred years and often defer to my >brother who majored in history and often has a more complete knowledge. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time" --John Stuart Mill (1806-73) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
