medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>There was quite a concentration of processions and vows ...associated with
the first two weeks in May, which indicates its critical importance in the
agricultural cycle. Just how Mary got caught up in all of this is not
clear....
not clear how the Mother Godess got "caught up" in the Fertility of the
Earth?
what planet were you speaking of?
christopher
Gib$son'$ Folly:
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http://www.theonion.com/news/
Some Reviews :
http://www.nationinstitute.org/tomdispatch/index.mhtml?pid=1304
"The most evil film ever made was probably _Jud Suess_, commissioned by Nazi
propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in 1940 to fan hatred of the Jews on the
eve of the Final Solution.... To anyone who has ever seen _Jud Suess_ (as I
did in college), the most startling thing about Mel Gibson's The Passion of
the Christ -- even more than its relentless, shockingly eroticized cruelty --
is its fidelity to the anti-Semitic conventions of Hitlerian cinema.
"Indeed, the high priest Caiaphas and his colleagues are such exact, blatant
replicas of Suess that I suspect they must be direct borrowings. Moreover,
Passion is one of the most manipulative films ever made and, after two hours
watching mobs howling in delight at Christ's suffering, it is no wonder that
many devout American viewers, like their German predecessors, have left
theaters muttering, 'I hate the Jews.'
"The Romans, on the other hand, are shown as noble imperialists...."
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