"Pat" wrote in message
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> tim.... wrote:
>> "Pat" wrote in message
>> news:7lbdt7F3df9nkU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>> tim
>>>>> Pat: This is a joke, right? The "passion" in passion play is about
>>>>> the death of Jesus.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, why should that making going to see it a pilgrimage for members
>>>> of a specific religion?
>>>>
>>>> tim
>>>
>>> Do yourself a favor and google the history of this passion play. It
>>> has a specific meaning for Catholics. This isn't a commercial
>>> enterprise started on a whim. It was begun as an oath to God.
>>
>> perhaps it is.
>>
>> But contrary (presumably) to your expectations I do know some
>> Catholics and none of them aspire to go to see the passion play for
>> religious enlightement.
>>
>> tim
>
> I don't have any expectations. I am not even Catholic. The play is not for
> "enlightenment"; it is for a deeper meaning of respecting the Oberammergau
> citizens' piety and faithfulness to an oath made by their forefathers and
> mothers. Not everything is started or continued for a commercial basis.
> Some Catholics consider it as a pilgrimage; others do not. BTW: the
> pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela is probably not known to your
> Catholic friends,
Yes it is
tim
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