XPost: alt.mexico, alt.movies   
   From: pub?@?li.us   
      
   On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:44:13 GMT, Al Smith  wrote:   
      
   >>>Now I wonder, what could the Christians have possibly found objectionable   
   about this wonderful culture of torture, murder and cannibalism?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> That's what I'm trying to understand. The Christian religion glorifies   
   >> torture, murder and cannibalism. Look at all those men hanging on   
   >> crosses in Catholic churches with blood dripping off thorns and nails   
   >> embedded in their bodies. There are millions of those crosses.   
   >> Paintings and sculptures too. All kinds of imagery, men, women,   
   >> children. You even see these icons proudly displayed in the homes of   
   >> common people. (Linda Schele would surely forgive me for stealing this   
   >> from her if she were still alive.) As far as cannibalism, have you ever   
   >> heard of the rite of Eucharist?   
   >>   
   >> So what were they objecting too, actually? And how much of this did   
   >> they themselves actually see happen among the Maya?   
   >>   
   >   
   >There is a difference between the symbolic eating of the flesh of   
   >God, and the actual eating of the flesh of human beings, although   
   >the esoteric motivation may be similar in both cases.   
   >   
   >I'm surprised you defend the practice of cannibalism among the   
   >Maya. Is it because it provides an opportunity to knock the   
   >Christian religion?   
   >   
   >Gibson is an honest guy. He honestly portrayed the successful   
   >conspiracy to murder Jesus by the priests of the Temple, and now   
   >from what I've read, he honestly portrays the barbarism and   
   >brutality of the Maya. Both topics are politically incorrect, so   
   >naturally he received criticism for his honesty.   
      
      
   Said the American Acuera to de Soto in 1538:   
      
   "I have long since learned who you [European Christians] are, through others   
   of you who   
   came years ago to my land; and I already know very well what your customs and   
   behavior are   
   like.  To me you are professional vagabonds who wander from place to place,   
   gaining your   
   livelihood by robbing, sacking and murdering people who have given you no   
   offense."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)