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goldent

(1,582 posts) Sat May 10, 2014, 11:29 PM May 2014

Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?

I've always thought this was a good line from Jesus Christ Superstar (spoken by Judas).

I don't really have an answer for it. I'm not sure how the Jesus story would have played out in, say, 1000 AD.

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Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land? (Original Post) goldent May 2014 OP

Israel in 4 BC had no mass communications. rug May 2014 #1

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1. Israel in 4 BC had no mass communications.

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Sun May 11, 2014, 06:12 PM

May 2014

That reminds me of Kirk's question, "What does God need with a starship?"

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