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- From: cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu (Janis Maria Cortese)
- Subject: Re: Bible translations, or Does God Speak Latin?
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- Newsgroups: alt.atheism,talk.religion.misc,alt.pagan
- Organization: University of California, Irvine
- Keywords: Catholic, Latin, Bible
- Lines: 27
- Date: 3 Jan 93 23:08:07 GMT
- References: <C041Lq.I1o.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Dec31.142809.25078@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <C09stH.J02.1@cs.cmu.edu>
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- In article <C09stH.J02.1@cs.cmu.edu> drake+@cs.cmu.edu (Drake) writes:
- >
- >Yes...saying Masses in English was, I think, one reason for the Church's
- >downfall; when they were in Latin, they were beautiful, they were
- >mysterious, and they were powerful. Now every Tom, Dick and Harry can
- >actually understand what the priest has really been saying all these
- >years, and it doesn't sound so nice anymore.
-
- I sure as hell hope you're being sarcastic, but in case you're not . . .
-
- Are you nuts? Where the hell is the beauty in hearing someone babble
- gibberish at you and sitting there bored for an hour while he does it,
- with his back turned to you all the time? How the hell am I supposed
- to gain enlightenment if I can't understand what the hell is being said?
- Excuse me, but any church is MADE UP of Toms, Dicks, and Harrys, and
- even a few Janes and Marys, and it's about goddamned time they could
- understand what was being said. If is hearing stuff babbled at you that
- you don't understand means "power" to you, then just get plowed and read
- the dictionary backwards.
-
- You make it sound like the "downfall" of the church is due to something
- like, "Damn! Now that they can actually UNDERSTAND us and know what
- we're up to, they don't like it!" Too bad.
-
- Blessings,
- Janis
-
-