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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).