Re: slowness...
From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
Date: | Thursday, April 5, 2001, 4:19 |
Dan Seriff wrote:
>Something I've actually heard come out of someone's mouth:
>
>"If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!"
>
>The guy simply didn't grasp the concept that Jesus spoke Aramaic, and
>that an English that he'd recognize didn't show up until 1500 years
>later. People think that TV rots the mind, but I think that being
>American does a better job.
>
Pre-TV, that sort of Gospel was disseminated by various 50,000watt AM
stations, mostly in small Texas towns. One of them supposedly offered an
autographed picture of J.C. for 2.95 (plus postage).