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#1
March 6th 04, 04:13 PM
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message ... "cn8cg" wrote in message ... Religious nut stuff. As opposed to anti-religious nuts, I suppose. Frankly, the supposedly non-religious appear to be every bit as dangerous and bigoted as the very devout. The non-religious didn't slaughter 260 million in the past 1000 years. 
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#2
March 6th 04, 05:33 PM
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ... "C J Campbell" wrote in message ... "cn8cg" wrote in message ... Religious nut stuff. As opposed to anti-religious nuts, I suppose. Frankly, the supposedly non-religious appear to be every bit as dangerous and bigoted as the very devout. The non-religious didn't slaughter 260 million in the past 1000 years. Nonsense. The Nazis alone slaughtered more than that. And they are definitely secular.
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March 5th 04, 10:07 AM
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(after taking the kids to see "The Passion of the Christ" this evening. The (high-school) kids think the movie is "cool." They all went to see it. It's a test of manhood (boyhood, anyhow). "Passion" was the only occasion in which I have found the Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker in total agreement. (Like you, they said: don't bother.) all the best -- Dan Ford email: (requires authentication) see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com
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#4
March 5th 04, 12:12 PM
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Just visited "alt.religion" for the first time (after taking the kids to see "The Passion of the Christ" this evening. Tip of the Day: Don't waste your You should have known better than to take your kids. It's not like the graphic violence has been kept a secret in the press. --- Jay -- __!__ Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___ http://www2.ari.net/jmasino ! ! ! http://www.oceancityairport.com http://www.oc-adolfos.com
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March 5th 04, 12:51 PM
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You should have known better than to take your kids. It's not like the
graphic violence has been kept a secret in the press. Well, there's violence, and there's violence. My kids have seen "Terminator III" -- also rated "R", and quite violent -- without difficulty. I think the motion picture authority really blew it by letting this movie out with an "R" rating. It's easily NC-17, or worse. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
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#6
March 5th 04, 03:20 PM
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I think the motion picture authority really blew it by letting this movie out with an "R" rating. It's easily NC-17, or worse. Yea, that's probably true, but they HAVE been reporting in the press, pretty regularly (and pretty graphically) how graphic this movie is. --- Jay -- __!__ Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___ http://www2.ari.net/jmasino ! ! ! http://www.oceancityairport.com http://www.oc-adolfos.com
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#7
March 5th 04, 09:35 PM
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Yea, that's probably true, but they HAVE been reporting in the press,
pretty regularly (and pretty graphically) how graphic this movie is. I never, EVER believe ANYTHING I read in the newspaper about a movie. They are usually 180 degrees off in their assessments. In this case, however, they were correct. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
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#8
March 5th 04, 12:28 PM
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message ......(after taking the kids to see "The Passion of the Christ" this evening. What on earth would have induced you to take kids to that movie? Have you been unaware of the controversy?
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#9
March 5th 04, 12:34 PM
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"John Gaquin" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message ......(after taking the kids to see "The Passion of the Christ" this evening. What on earth would have induced you to take kids to that movie? Have you been unaware of the controversy? Yeah...almost as much controversy as Jay's Hotel .sig line. -- "Don’t bother to examine a folly— ask yourself only what it accomplishes. . . . It stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there’s someone collecting sacrificial offerings .. . . . The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master."
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#10
March 5th 04, 01:01 PM
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What on earth would have induced you to take kids to that movie? Have you
been unaware of the controversy? Well, believe it or not we wanted to give our kids an unvarnished view of the Christian religion. At home we (two hard-core, brought-up-in-parochial-schools-but-fallen-away-Catholics) vigorously subscribe to no organized religion, and we thought it would be good for them to see the story of Jesus in a medium that they fully relate to and understand -- film. We have not had a lot of luck interesting them in exploring religions, yet. For some reason organized religions have not plugged into the "Playstation"/"Gameboy" marketing mentality, and getting teens and pre-teens to sit and read the Bible is tough when their main competition is video games. In fact, the only fair competition for their attention is a movie -- thus, our logic. (And, also, by the way, Mel Gibson's logic.) Mary and I figured they were old enough to know that the violence depicted was simply play-acting. I didn't count on MY not being able to handle it. I've not seen anything like it before, and I don't intend to see anything like it again. Ironically, what we got from Mel Gibson's film is this: I can now almost guarantee that neither child will grow up practicing *that* particular religion. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
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