I think that, because it's referenced in so many "artistic" works (i.e., books [and not just Great Literature], movies, TV, music, etc.), it would help a great deal in improving a student's cultural literacy if the Bible were taught as literature, like JZ's teacher taught it. t edit And like Tom took as a class.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Mar 15, 2007 5:09:54 am PDT #7204 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Theodosia - Mar 15, 2007 5:10:13 am PDT #7205 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Although, if forced to guess, I would guess Ben Franklin, because I think that he and Shakespeare created every single saying ever.
I'd add in D'Israeli and Oscar Wilde, just to be safe.
Steph L. - Mar 15, 2007 5:11:36 am PDT #7206 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I sometimes confuse the 10 Commandments with the Code of Hammurabi.
Hmm. I think I've never heard anyone say this before. Ever.
Cashmere is cool. (Smart chicks are so HOT!)
tommyrot - Mar 15, 2007 5:13:42 am PDT #7207 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'd add in D'Israeli and Oscar Wilde, just to be safe.
And Jesus in his agony did cry out on the cross, "Either that wallpaper goes or I do!"
sarameg - Mar 15, 2007 5:14:38 am PDT #7208 of 10001
Cash, how did the kids react (if they saw him)?
When I was two or three, according to family lore, I became quite perturbed at the sight of my dad in a tie. It was just wrong on dad, in my eyes.
He didn't wear them much.
flea - Mar 15, 2007 5:15:40 am PDT #7209 of 10001
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Hello. I love us. From the dinosaur comics to the leprechaun to the commandment jokes, it's been a great morning.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 15, 2007 5:16:37 am PDT #7210 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
And Jesus in his agony did cry out on the cross, "Either that wallpaper goes or I do!"
This just made me laugh so hard I cried!
Fred Pete - Mar 15, 2007 5:16:52 am PDT #7211 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yet Islam also has a significant impact on our world. The U.S. has been involved in the Middle East for decades. I'm convinced that a better understanding of Islam and Judaism would only help the U.S. situation there.
Yet Prof. Prothero's "(Christian) Bible-only" solution does nothing toward that set of issues.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2007 5:17:08 am PDT #7212 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
D'Israeli said stuff? Now I have to go back to my quote file and check.
Rome. (I mean, the Pope is there, right??)
Ha!
Comparative Religions. It's the only way. How many people know that (major simplification alert) those scary Muslims believe in the Bible plus stuff?
Nutty - Mar 15, 2007 5:22:18 am PDT #7213 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
But if there were comparative-religion classes everywhere, then people couldn't get away with idiotic urban legend nonsense like claiming that cattle-mutliations were done by Zoroastrians!
Won't you think of the X-Files plots??
(Not that a religions course would even get to Zoroastrians, because they'd spend their whole time being defensive and argumentative about the Big Three, and spend maybe a half-hour on peyote, and everything else would be a handout on the last day of class.)