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That's the concern: Scripture isn't completely accurate historically (ie, Jews vs. Romans being the ones who him, etc). I probably won't see it, just because it's not my type of movie. I might watch it when it comes out on satellite/cable, though.

1972 Dolphins were 17-0, thank you very much. Don't know if any other team won their *final* 15 games, but some won 15 games in a season ('73 Dolphins, '85 Bears (whose only loss was to the Dolphins, of course) come to mind).:smile: The Pats look pretty good, but I have a feeling the...

It never offended me, but then I'm not a parent who has to deal with whether or not to give my kid presents for Hannukah ('cause he'd feel bad when all his Christian friends get gifts and he doesn't). I do feel a bit irked that Christmas is a Federal Holiday. It seems to me this violates the...

New Year's isn't a religious holiday, as far as I know, so I don't see much issue with ringing it in. It was the end of the Roman calendar year. I can see some people not celebrating it, but I never had a problem with it. The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) is one of the High Holy Days (the...

Re: Re: The After Life: What Happens? Cremation is not allowed in Judaism, btw, along with embalming and having metal in the coffin.

I did enjoy the movie, don't get me wrong. The ninja attack I think was too cliché, but overall it was a good movie. The main issue was that they talked about how they spent all this time researching to get things accurate, and it was loaded with inaccuracies, that's all. At least most of the...

Re: Re: Re: "Happy Holidays" political correctness Around 325 C.E. (or so, I really don't remember for sure), theologians still hadn't figured out the exact date of Jesus' birth (having happened more than 300 years earlier, details get lost). Saturnalia was a Roman holiday that occured at...

Being a Tom Cruise movie, I wasn't expecting anything great, but it was quite a bit better than I expected. The storyline was pretty good: a seriously romanticized version of the Satsuma Rebellion of 1876, and I thought it got the emotion of the times across pretty well. The cinemetography was...

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I vote for "The Omen", with Gregory Peck. The subtleties of the movie do it for me. I don't see how the shock/gore movies (including "The Exorcist", though that wasn't too bad) are scary. Haven't seen "Dreamcatcher" yet, but I heard it's pretty scary, too.

I never felt offended when someone said wished me a merry Christmas. It usually just reminds me that I'm not Christian (or, perhaps more precisely, that I'm in a small minority) and kind of firms up my desire to maintain my heritage. It also reminds me of this country's diversity, which I...

I never really cared for the term "Judeo/Christian". The two religions really are quite different. The point you're making concerns one of the larger and significant differences. I agree with you that some people just follow their noses and believe something because that's what they've been...

Indeed. There's no worship or deity in Buddhism, so it's not a religion in the Western sense. Calling it a religion just kind of makes it simple for people to talk about it. TripleJ, try http://www.shambhala.org for the Shambhala center in Silver Spring (and others). As Boom said, there...

I don't think there's anything down here, but Washington has the Shambala center. I'll ask around and see if I can dig up the contact information.

Sure. It's been a while since I studied it, but I know people pretty knowledgeable in it, if I can't answer your questions. I never really got into it, but found it very interesting. Keep in mind that there are quite a few sects. I was learning Tendai Mikkyo (a Tibetan one, but the Japanese...