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sarai

01/23/03 10:17 AM

#3187 RE: ergo sum #3186

Moliere's Tartuffe....

http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/tartuffe001.html

Because "obsessive religion leads to pernicious results" or such was my interpretation.... :)

"The king at once perceived the genius displayed in Tartuffe, and was also clear-headed enough to see that it was aimed exclusively against hypocrisy; but from the moment it made its appearance in Paris another and heavier storm began to rage over the head of the dramatist. According to his assailants, he had at length thrown aside the mask altogether, and under pretense of exposing hypocrisy was seeking to undermine the foundations of religion itself. Roullés, the curé of Siant Barthélemy, took upon himself to damn the author of Tartuffe on his own authority, and another virulent denouncer of the play was the bishop of Autun, supposed to be the original of the stage imposter. The agitation steadily increased until the king deemed it prudent to prohibit the performance in Paris of a play which he had unreservedly approved.."

Tartuffe: Wrapped inside a cloak of religious piety was a human of questionable moral character...
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mlsoft

01/23/03 2:00 PM

#3201 RE: ergo sum #3186

"I find your argument using Paul to contradict Jesus specious."
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ergo sum...

I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about there, but let me state categorically that at no time does Paul contradict Jesus in any way. Never.

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