rec.arts.theatre.musicals

"VINCE" wrote in message
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> fmomoon wrote:
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>> "Steve Newport" wrote in message
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>>>fmomoon@ (fmomoon)
>>>I teach religious music....historically. If a parent wants to call me on
>>>it I remind them that no music survives from certain periods of history
>>>except music written for the church. Heck, no one else knew how to write
>>>it down but the monks! Does that parent want me to disregard big chunks
>>>of history because the music originated in church?
>>>--------------------------------------
>>>And that's how I feel about history, period. It can't be taught with
>>>pieces missing. And there has to be some knowledge of religions in order
>>>to understand historical connections. The avoidance of religion because
>>>somebody might get left out or offended sounds like a recipe for--
>>>dumber.
>>>
>>>O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O
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>>>O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O
>>>
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>> As long as non-Christian religions *are* included on that history, and I
>> think sometimes they are, I don't have a problem with it.
> I once read a dictionary that listed Judaism as a PAGAN faith.
> I bet some folks had a fit over that one.

Oh my. And the ignorant shall write dictionaries....
--
Moni (fmomoon)
War does not determine who is right,
war determines who is left.--Bertrand Russell