A Conversation with Elizabeth
1998
Re: Re: ligion

From:          Elizabeth  
To:            LMixson@PEC.com
Sent:          Wednesday, April 8, 1998 3:56 PM
Subject:       Re: Re: ligion
 
Cute subject.  Didn't "catch" it at first.  I'm very restless, and marginally bored.  I just read some of the on-line commentary about the PBS show--of course the fundamentalists said the show was put together by people "who didn't believe" and why wasn't Billy Graham asked his opinion, etc.  There was an enormous controversy over the scrolls, and you are right about the censorship.  The scrolls contained very controversial material, some of which virtually negates/ed our current New Testament.  I got very interested in this area some time back and still am interested.  In fact in library school did a project in "collection develoopment" to put together a list of books, children's and adults, on the subject. 
 
One thing bothering me may be that I did watch the show.  Sometimes I wish I were more actively or creatively involved in the world of ideas in some way, although part of me learned I wasn't happy in the academic world of research.  When I get interested in something like the PBS show--I don't know if this will make sense--but it's as if I have no where to go with the excitement or interest, or no way to connect with it outside of myself, my own readings. 

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