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- From: pst@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter Stephen Thomas Iii)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: Why the Cross?
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 17:51:38 GMT
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- In article <31DEC199209572268@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov> puc@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bernard Puc) writes:
- >>
- >>One other point, something that always seemed odd to me: there is so much
- >>emphasis upon the death of Jesus, but little on the truly big event, his
- >>resurrection 3 days later. That, to me, seemed the biggest, most important
- >>event in the life of this prophet, yet in many contemporary re-tellings of
- >>the tale, this point is most decidely ignored. Commentary?
- >>
- >>
- >What contemporary retellings are you referring to? Xians celebrate Easter
- >which is on the day of resurresction. That's a 'bigger' holiday than
- >Good Friday when the crucifying takes place.
-
- I was thinking of such plays as "Godspell" and "Last Temptation" just to name
- a few. IMHO, they seem to leave the story hanging at a cruicial point and
- miss the truly beautiful event of the Ressurrection.
-
- Agreed, maybe these aren't the definitive "examples" of Xian faith, but most
- symbology that I've seen <in Western Xianity anyway, my knowledge of Eastern
- Orthodox is rather small> is the Jesus dying on the Cross, rather than some
- symbol of his Ressurection.
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- Peter Thomas
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