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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett)
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Subject: Re: JC Superstar
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 17:23:04 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 29 17:23:04 1984
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>      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. ]