I don't suppose anyone on this list has ever attended a meeting of Opus Dei. I did the other night. I expected not to like it and I was not disappointed. Of...
Was there any apocalyptic symbolism as part of the presentation? ... Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. [Non-text...
On this occasion it was such things as internet pornography and ethics in the work place. It was about reinforcement of virtue in quotidian life. As it was ...
Mr. Wagner: I went to several Opus Dei meetings and activities when I went to grad school in Milwaukee about twelve years ago. Opus Dei's pursuit of the...
Opus Dei is politically very active in Brazil, so as a political media columnist I had some contact with them. One of its members, Geraldo Alckmin, is the...
Oakwoodwolf3@...
Apr 2, 2006 9:11 pm
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I have visions of Fritz after he gets through the initiation ceremonies for Opus Dei. There he stands, in a red cloak with sword in hand, sworn to the death to...
Opus Dei is alive and well, here in sunny Italy. I have never been at an Opus Dei's rally, but I know some O.D. members, and frankly they did not impress me...
I'm a woman and I weekly attend activities of the Opus Dei. Also my house maid attend them. It is not an organization for rich or well living men. It's...
In the Lord of the Rings Tolkien writes...."It is a dangerous business going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there...
S.Barret Dolph
wheds8@...
Apr 3, 2006 6:35 pm
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A few days ago, when discussing my becoming the EVForum moderator, Fritz Wagner suggested that I write a statement that introduces myself to the listserve....
Last night I finally saw the movie "The Passion of the Christ." I saw it while my wife was out of town because she had told me that from what she had heard she...
... Why Mel Gibson decided to fabricate such an unrealistic and inauthentic scene is not clear. It ruined the movie. It distorted the message of the Bible. ...
"They should have understood that Christ's scourging should not be framed as shock entertainment. The story of the events leading up to the Crucifixion are...
Welcome, Jack. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Oakwoodwolf3@...
Apr 4, 2006 3:09 pm
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Sorry for sending this disgusting note, but I believe it can be useful. The representation of torture in Mel Gibson's movie may seem exaggerate to American...
Oakwoodwolf3@...
Apr 4, 2006 4:03 pm
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I have managed to get around to reviewing Jack Elliott's site. This together with his introduction makes me conclude that evforum will be well served....
Dear Members, I would also like to welcome our new moderator. I will miss Fritz, but I am grateful for all he has done with this ev-forum and wish him the...
Some time ago, in post #2493 to this forum, I described very briefly a little I had learned about Felix Kaufmann's phenomenological work on the foundations of...
I'm divided on the issue of Gibson's Christ. Any film reduces its subject to spectacle sold for profit, to a commodity -- so that everything on the screen is...
In classical Christianity, forgiveness of sins is a precondition to the real purpose of Christ: the deification of man, which begins to take place in....the...
The metaxy reality is not one of Plato's personal opinions. The Church Fathers refer to man as a mediator between the Creator and the created, and this...
This is somewhat off the point I'm making, though. Yes, let's accept that what you say below is true. Isn't it possible to live this out without being able...
I think that if someone could talk about something it means that it has, at least a minimun articulation of it, otherwise, he could not even mention it's name....
I chip in my opinion about Mel's movie about the Passion of Christ. I find it a little depressing that so many religious people and institutions made so much...
They are not "facts" in any interesting sense. Or if they are SIMPLY facts, then they are of little interest philosophically OR spiritually to anyone other...
Facts in and of themselves have no meaning. They are not unimportant, however, either, especially with regard to claims pertaining to historical events....
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