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OK gang, fess up: So after all this talk about "The Passion",

Feb 24, 2004 9:37AM PST

who here's going? I am - tomorrow night. Let you know later...

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(NT) Maybe this weekend ... I'm not sure when yet
Feb 24, 2004 9:43AM PST

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Re:OK gang, fess up: So after all this talk about
Feb 24, 2004 9:53AM PST

I will definitely see this one. Don't know how soon though.

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Definitely. (NT)
Feb 24, 2004 9:55AM PST

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Re: OK gang, fess up -- definitely not.
Feb 24, 2004 11:13AM PST

Hi, Paul.

I know and accept that He suffered and died in agony for me and my sins (along with everyone else), but I don't need to submit myself to the excruciating (word carefully chosen!) detail.

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Re:Re: OK gang, fess up -- definitely not.
Feb 24, 2004 8:04PM PST

I don't know..... you KNOW and ACCEPT that He suffered and died for YOU, but you maybe watching a movie of it (movie, Holiwood, make-believe) is more than you can submit yourself to?

Kind of reminds me of an old joke: "Mother, I just cannot stand watching you work so hard over our dinner all by yourself! Please close the kitchen door!!"

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Re: OK gang, fess up -- definitely not.
Feb 24, 2004 9:42PM PST

Hi, Andrea.

There are lots of unpleasant things I intellectually know and operate on the basis of but don't want to subject myself to. I've never seen "Schindler's List" or "The Killing Fields," either.

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Re:OK gang, fess up: So after all this talk about
Feb 24, 2004 11:37AM PST

If I don't make it to the theatre I'll catch it when the video comes out.

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I want to. Not sure if the wife does. She seemed reluctant about it tonight.
Feb 24, 2004 2:39PM PST

Some church members dropped by and among other things we started talking about the upcoming Passion movie. They seemed very interested in seeing it, but my wife is concerned over the graphic quality. She's always been squeamish when it comes to things like that.

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NT - I will probably go see it, but I will wait a few weeks...
Feb 24, 2004 3:15PM PST
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Re:OK gang, fess up: So after all this talk about
Feb 24, 2004 10:05PM PST

We're strictly renters these days, with the rare "treat" for one of us. When it comes out on video, we'll see. I haven't given it much thought.

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Nope
Feb 24, 2004 11:03PM PST

It's a story that's been done time and again. The level of violence doesn't add to the appeal.

Dan

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Yep
Feb 25, 2004 12:55AM PST

I sure hope to. Looks like we might have sold our house (we find out by 6pm tonight) to a cash buyer, so we may need to be moved and in North Carolina within the next 3 weeks or so.

I do want to see it though!

Cindi

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Yeah! ....
Feb 25, 2004 2:56AM PST

I haven't a clue who you are replying to, but please do let us know tomorrow if your "6.00 pm this evening" means that you Did sell your house. Fingers crossed (meaning "good luck").

Regards
Mo

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(NT)Still heading for center area of NC?
Feb 25, 2004 5:35AM PST

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NT Mt. Airy. Good ol' Mayberry. :-)
Feb 25, 2004 6:15AM PST

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I liked the area when I was there for a couple of days on vacation not long ago
Feb 25, 2004 7:21AM PST

Didn't spend a lot of time there, it was the first night stop after leaving eastern NC and travelling west. Spent two nights there. Is very close to lots of very beautiful mountain views. And it's not very far from Winston-Salem as far as getting to the 'big city'.

Have several pictures from Mount Pilot on the way there. So much in the area for visiting, what spare time (when you have some spare cash Wink also) can be spent close by for a while.

Hmm I think that's less than two hours from Toni H. also.

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Re:I liked the area when I was there for a couple of days on vacation not long ago
Feb 25, 2004 11:03PM PST

Hi Roger,

Yep, I love seeing the mountains, and Pilot Mountain can be seen from Mt. Airy, though it's about 20 miles away. Winston's not bad as far as big cities go, and is close.

Toni is nearby, we tried once to get together while Greg and I were down visiting, but something came up. Maybe we'll have a big NC SE get together if we move!

Cindi

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(NT) Welcome (I hope) to the Piedmont area.
Feb 25, 2004 9:06AM PST

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NT Thanks, Bill! I hope so too!
Feb 25, 2004 10:58PM PST

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Re: Yep -- congrats on the house sale! (NT)
Feb 25, 2004 12:36PM PST

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Thanks!
Feb 25, 2004 10:57PM PST

My realtor says the other folks are getting together this afternoon to sign the papers. They weren't able yesterday when they were supposed to, they got hung up at a hospital in Ann Arbor with their daughter. I'm gonna feel a LOT better once those papers are signed!

Cindi

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I'm going...
Feb 25, 2004 12:58AM PST

I need to get a refresher in Latin. It's been a long time since I used it. The Arameic will be tougher - I guess I'll have to resort to the subtitles.

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Nope and shouldn't they be speaking greek not latin?* or NT or whatever
Feb 25, 2004 1:05AM PST

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Yup -nt
Feb 25, 2004 2:07AM PST

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NT Yup, Greek and Hebrew. Latin came later.
Feb 25, 2004 2:13AM PST

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Greek and Aramaic, mostly.
Feb 25, 2004 2:32AM PST

From what I've read and heard in interviews it was mostly Greek and Aramaic. Apparently, there was a practice of translating the Hebrew into Aramaic during worship.

Dan

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You're right, Dan, I misspoke.
Feb 25, 2004 4:20AM PST

I don't know where my brain is today. Greek and Aramaic.

I'll go sit in the corner now! Wink

Cindi

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Ain't no big thing, Thanks. -nt
Feb 25, 2004 4:34AM PST

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Huh???
Feb 25, 2004 9:05AM PST

Granted, the New Testament was originally written in Greek (with a few minor phrases in Aramaic or Hebrew), but my understanding is that the movie was in Aramaic (because that was the language Jesus probably used most of the time for normal conversation) and in Latin (because that was presumably the language used by Pilate and the Roman army).

Hebrew was not used much for day-to-day interaction in Palestine at that time. Greek was the 'Lingua Franca' of much of the empire. I suppose Pilate might have used either Aramaic or Greek for contact with the Jewish populace but unless there is good documentation from somewhere I don't think that use of Latin for the movie was terribly unreasonable.

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Re:Huh???
Feb 26, 2004 12:05AM PST

I've heard the same objection to the use of Latin. You're right that Greek would have been a better choice. It's a fairly academic point, so we'll be hearing debate about it on NPR, no doubt. Wink

I remember they had their 'classics correspondent' on Weekend Edition when 'Gladiator' came out. They discussed the pretty good job of historical accuracy of some of the details of the film.

Dan