Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!sun!amdahl!gam From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: JC Superstar Message-ID: <435@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 17:23:04 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.435 Posted: Mon Oct 29 17:23:04 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 31-Oct-84 06:05:27 EST References: <1763@inmet.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 17 > The lyrics are as hopelessly dated as the characters in a Wilkie > Collins novel. Americans had a certain way of looking at the world > in 1971 that had no counterpart in a first-century Middle Eastern > community. (But then, how many Americans can understand how first- > century Middle Easterners felt?) So what? It's entertainment, not a deep philosophical/religious statement about what-Christianity-means-in-the-modern-world. The story of Jesus' death has inspired many works that do more to exploit the emotions than provide a clear view of history (and the history of the events are not all that clear). -- ~ It's a beautiful world we live in, a sweet romantic place ... ~ Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!gam [ This is just me talking. ]