Posted by Kevin at spider-mtc-th034.proxy.aol.com on September 17, 2001 at 00:07:03:
In Reply to: sorry kevin, I don't agree at all posted by permenant on September 16, 2001 at 23:45:04:
: While I express my respect for all of your work Kevin, I totally disagree
with your "This is what happens when people take their religion far too
seriously" line.
Wait for it...
: Now if that statement said "this is what happens when people manipulate
their religion to fit their selfish desires", that I can buy, that I
understand.
A prize for you, sir - as that's what was intended with my prior statement.
Perhaps it was phrased a bit too facetiously.
: My only beef with Dogma and some of the extras on the(amazingly
assembled) DVD (and this is only a little off topic) was you often speaking
for God.
Somebody's got to. And I'd much prefer to speak for Him over most of the
nimrods who normally maintain they've got a direct line to the Lord. Heck,
at least I tell you I'm full of shit.
: Albeit most of it was a joke
Indeed.
: but when I saw the almost-addition of the Nag Hammadi reference on the
DVD, I saw nothing but Time Magazine scholarship.
No, you saw the diluted 'Gnostic Gospels' by Elaine Pagels scholarship.
Give a brother a break - it was a two hour plus movie (and a comedy, at
that) we were trying to make. You can't afford to take twenty minutes off
and do Nag Hammadi justice when you're trying to keep 'em in the seats with
the yuks at the same time.
:This isn't a knock on you
Sure felt like you were impugning my knowledge on Nag Hamadi; likening it
to the sum total of that which can be gleaned from a magazine article.
:(you probably stopped reading by now anyways),
Probably.
:but so many people assume that if it's in a magazine, it's true and never
do the homework. This is greatly shown in the media's coverage of the Jesus
Seminar some years back.
Shy of actually attending the Jesus Seminar itself, what other homework CAN
one do on it, other than reading about the overview and results in
magazines or published summaries?
: Anyways, I'm sorry for the rant because I am a huge fan.
Nonsense. That's what the board's here for.
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