It's not a hoax, Marjorie, but a website created to attract public
attention to a new book. In my current profession, it's called
online-marketing. In the publishing and bookselling business, there are no
hoaxes, just successful and unsuccessful customer contacts. The publisher
in question should certainly be grateful to you for spreading the URL in
interested circles, such as our list :-)
Yet this is not to say that we are totally uninterested. The 'cloning
Jesus' idea ("shall we wait passively for the second coming, or shall we
use our brains and technologies to make it happen?") should be a piece of
(fruit-) cake for rlandes! On the aftermath of Y2K millenialism, somebody
is collecting the scattered forces and setting up a new, post-apocalyptic
business. Richard, isn't that what your recent call for papers was all
about (the one with the chronologically amusing subject line "CMS call for
papers Fall 2000", apparently invented by a somnolent rooster): "Unbinding
Prometheus to Build the New Jerusalem: Millennialism, Power and Technology"?
Best,
Otfried
At 21:50 03.02.01 -0800, you wrote:
>If you have time-on a Sunday perhaps-go to
>www.clonejesus.com. You won't believe your eyes.
>Another list is discussing this and someone suggested
>the whole thing is a hoax. One thing for sure is that
>it's a hoot.
>MG
>
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