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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
Yes, I just physically dismiss whoever is playing Jesus, because we always want to pretty them up way too much I think. (kinda like the Caucasians that used to play all the native Americans in old cowboy/Indian movies, right?) If I didn't do that, there would be no "suspension of disbelief" and I couldn't enjoy it at all! Most anything concerning scripture which is presented by a big production has man's "fingerprints" all over it, so it must be taken with a tablespoon of salt (rather than a grain) to enjoy . . .
A brother and I were briefly talking yesterday about Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" and how he doesn't go see any movie depicting Christ, because He (and his wife) doesn't want to get any image in their head, other than from scripture. He said people told him the movie would change his life, and he thought, "Why would I want that - I only want Christ to change my life!" I really respected that! (I actually didn't care all that much for the Gibson movie, as I didn't think it went far enough, and was a little too "dark" for me - He did it for the JOY set before Him after all! That's why I like acting brother Bruce's depiction so much - and that they didn't take as much licence as most depictions do)
BTW - Gibson is supposedly working on a sequel to "The Passion" about the resurrection of Christ. If this is done right, it could be really, really good. But again, I am usually quite disappointed when Hollywood does anything concerning the Good News.
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Something ain't right in Gibson's head. That aside, after watching his movie I was angry as hell. First of all, the slasher movie fanatics loved his movie, because of all the blood and gore ... not because of anything to do with Jesus.
The reason I was angry : Somewhat on thread topic, perhaps, I was angry because God had to put on a human sacrifice -- like that depicted in the movie -- to forgive us. Couldn't God come up with some other way? a loving way perchance, hopefully? Killing a son is not a loving act, and is, was, against the law ... and God did it, even knowingly against His own law.
The 'very human sacrifice' of his Son, on the altar of the cross, was beastly, and forbidden in the law of Moses ; God forbade human sacrifice in the OT -- example Isaac. Is the 'human' -- maybe -- we've determined out here so far, divine? maybe, maybe not -- the human sacrifice of his son wasn't right, and not living up to godly or OT scripture standards.
That's why Gibson's movie made me angry ; it depicted an image of God that I don't agree with.