The quick response.  We are working on answering all of our emails, but we
are a little backlogged.

A quick note on historical accuracy.  In places where popular knowledge
conflicts with historical knowledge, we've mostly gone with the popular
view, with twists.  We're more concerned with a good story that *most*
readers will get rather than a technically accurate story that a few who've
studied extensively will understand.    That's why Peter is the gatekeeper,
JC is JC, and angel names end in EL.  Not because it's history, but because
these are common misconceptions, and as such, more people will get the rest
of the story.

Popular religion is like that.  Way too few people actually study their own
religion any more than they did history in school.  The "Alas, poor Yorick"
syndrome.

(i.e ask your typical person if the line is "Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him
well" or "Alas poor Yorick.  I knew him, Horatio."  they think the first
line is the real one.)

Anyway, we are working on the responses to the other emails, we promise.

LS and Jenny




----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Goldberg" <goldbb2@earthlink.net>
To: "Ragun P. Moody" <Kichigai@tds.net>
Cc: "FFML" <ffml@anifics.com>; "Jennifer Poulos" <temhaire@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 11:10 PM
Subject: [FFML] Re: [C&C][ORIG][Lime]LoveStruck: Seven Days Chapter 3 Part 1

Ragun P. Moody wrote:
[snip]

     "Who is also listed as V.P. of Fisher Enterprises.  The CEO is
one J.C. Fisher,"

        $And Lipton says nothing about the initials?

Ya know, Jesus never had "Christ" tacked onto his name until after he
died... it's a bit peculiar that he would use it as a last name.

If this were the real, historical, person (Yessus ben Yosef), rather
than the fictionalized fellow that Paul of Tarsos made up (Jesus
Christ), he'd be using father's given name as his surname, I think, or
maybe his home town.  AFAIK, the hebrew people, in the time and place
that Yessus lived, did not use "family names" the way we do today.

Of course, for the story's sake, I suppose J.C. is more recognizable
than anything else one might consider.

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print reverse( ",rekcah", " lreP", " rehtona", " tsuJ" )."\n";

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