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Re: Merry Christmas from The Brick Testament
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Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:56:56 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Markus Wolf writes:
> Interesting. I bet the pictures you show from your honeymoon and when your
> wife has a baby would be pretty intense than also, since you wouldn't want
> to water down the most significant parts of those events. :O) I also doubt
> you would teach your children about the Civil War, the World Trade Center
> bombings and protection from sexual abuse with that same "hate to water it
> down" philosophy.
@8^) I see what you're saying, but I'm not sure the analogy is entirely
valid. If I were describing my honeymoon to other people, I probably would
not use phrases like "and then I had intercourse with my wife". If I did, I
think I could expect an image of my wife and I having intercourse to at
least pop into their mind for a second - even if I didn't show pictures.
In some cases with the Bible it is much, much more graphically descriptive.
For examples, see the description of Judas Iscariot's entrails bursting from
his chest in Acts or the description of a mother watching as all seven of
her sons are scalped, their limbs cut off, and then fried alive in 2
Maccabees. To illustrate that in some sort of "family friendly" way seems
to change the entire nature of the story.
I am not planning to have any children, but if I were, I think that at some
point they should know how disgusting things like war really are, and I
don't know if graphic descriptions of such things are wholly inappropriate
for that. Better that than be fooled into believing that war is somehow not
gruesome.
> We clearly disagree on storytelling techniques but I can still appreciate
> what you've accomplished.
Thanks. Nice of you to say so.
> I can't help but notice that your title of Reverend passes
> you as something you are not. Not trying to be offensive, truly.
Putting 'The Reverend' before your name, as far as I know, is just a way to
signify that you are revered. A "reverend" is not a position in any church
that I know of. I would say that my use of the descriptive title is
egotistical certainly, but I think there are enough people who do revere me
enough to at least in some small way justify the title so that it's not
really false advertising.
> Maybe there's a future for babies if the ewoks are a success.
I'm greatly looking forward to the new mini-legs for minifig children. Kind
of strange that even with Harry Potter sets, minifig kids are exactly the
same height as minifig adults. I'm surprised they didn't figure out a way
to have the shorter legs retain some articulation. @8^/
I don't think I'd even use the ewok legs for newborns, though. More likely
could have used them for the little dancing girl who demands John the
Baptist's head on a platter.
> Also, I've looked through a few of your other stories and loved the look of
> your Garden of Eden.
Thanks. @8^) The challenge of building such an enormous garden was one of
the things that inspired me to start in on the Bible stories.
-The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
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