Re: The Jesus Factor

[joanna bujes <jbujes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, he was no Caligula, but he was a womanizer, drinker,
partier...Bush was no Caligula either. Course, when Augustine grew up,
he did take part in massacring the Manicheans (if memory serves) and
Bush is toting up some massacres of his own.

Joanna

Chris Doss wrote:

> I have always thought that the Confessions don't show behavior any more risque than what a lot of Romans of Augustine's class were doing at the time. More like "young fig stealers make old ascetes who like to talk about how bad they were in the old days, when they didn't acually do too much."
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> > Like Balzac put it: "Young whores make old nuns." Though I do loathe
> > it's representation of women, I do believe the theory applies to Bush.
> > Did for Augustine anyway.
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> > Joanna