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Re: OT: Opinions wanted: person of vocatives

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Thursday, July 3, 2003, 18:34
>OTOH, if the Catholic Church still had Mass in Latin, they would still >have more troubles. I can go to Mass and say every single word I'm >supposed to without even thinking about it.
In my investigation of Judaism as a personal religious outlet 4 years ago (don't ask - long story not appropriate to this list in even the remotest stretch), I found that members of synagogues often recited Hebrew by rote with only a vgue idea of what they were saying. But the same happens in Pagan groups in the USA, too - repeating Greek, Egyptian, Welsh, etc. often with no more than a vague idea what it means. Funny to me how people think that strange words alone rather than their own minds/intents can make something sacred. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail