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<DIV>RE: Christ and the liberal elite.</DIV>
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<DIV>What Christopher Guest mockumentary would Jesus watch? Would he have
drunk fairtrade organic coffee or Folgers? Worn Birkenstocks
(leather or Birki-Flor synthetic)? Shopped at Bookpeople? </DIV>
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<DIV>Or . . . taken a cigar appreciation course through NSA?</DIV>
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<DIV>It boggles the mind, indeed. I suspect that, as always, he'd have
found that difficult path that sheds "conservative" or "liberal" labels and just
done the righteous thing, although how that could not include "Waiting for
Guffman" escapes me.</DIV>
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<DIV>keely emerine mix</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com">Tbertruss@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</A> ; <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
href="mailto:auntiestablishment@hotmail.com">auntiestablishment@hotmailcom</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
href="mailto:steveemerine@webtv.net">steveemerine@webtv.net</A> ; <A
href="mailto:EmmaEAZ@aol.com">EmmaEAZ@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 20, 2004 11:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Merry
Christmas</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Keely et. al.<BR><BR>Let's not go into what
has or has not escaped my lips ... the horror!<BR><BR>Actually, I agree with
you that his crucifixion separates him from just the sum of his moral
pronouncements, but probably not in the same sense you mean. However, I
think some devout believers in Christ's divinity, etc., want to feel they are
in some incredible exclusive club that gives them the rights to the goodness
and spirituality of what Christ represents, rights not granted to those who do
not believe in the full Christian story about Christ, including a bodily
resurrection from the dead.<BR><BR>I felt compelled to point out that many who
do not worship Christ as divine, and there are many variations of what
"divine" means in the case of Christ, some of which do not include
resurrection from the dead, feel Christ is very important, not only for moral
statements (those are easy), but for the example he set in the way he lived
(assuming the "myths" about Christ's life), for the healing and loving
"spirit" many see and feel in him.<BR><BR>I won't elaborate too much on what
would be a very complex and difficult exploration of human myth making and
spirituality, but Christ in my mind stands for someone who was willing to put
his life on the line to challenge authority, and to advocate for the poor, the
condemned and the rejected. A powerful and inspiring example, even for
those not seeking martyrdom, or eternal salvation. <BR><BR>Maybe I have
this wrong, but I think some of the examples Christ set in how he lived might
fit in into the ideology of the, oh my God, no, no, the, the...LIBERAL
ELITE!<BR><BR>Ted Moffett</FONT>
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