On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Ranma al'Thor <ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu> wrote:

Sure!  I've read the Mists of Avalon.  Fun stuff, and one of the best
depictions of some of the mythic aspects of the book.  Unfortunately,
some aspects of that book struck me as way too cheesy, plus Bradley works
too much on the assumption that Christian =Stupid or Evil.

( Thinks about the Inquisition, various native people slaughtered or
forced into beliefs not their own, etc...and refrains from commenting.)

No, seriously, John...I have nothing against Christianity, my own beliefs
being an offshoot thereof.  BUT as a history major/fanatic, you oughta
know that history doesn't paint a great record for Christianity in terms
of tolerance...and it's NOT realistic that if Christians came in contact
with this older, but quite different, belief system that le Fay and the
others follow, that they wouldn't perceive them as heathens and therefor
'the enemy'?  While there is a lot of historical inaccuracy in there, I
think the 'Christian' reaction is, rather unfortunately, fairly on-target.

Wierd.  This is the first NON-spoofy thread to last this long in a while.

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