Just been to see the film and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Went a bit quick though, I was like, oh it's finished!
The first thing that stood out to me was how real it looked when Silas was whipping himself - I couldn't look it was horrible!
I'm still confused as to whether there's anything truth in the book at all, but whether there is or not it won't stop me believing in God and Jesus! It doesn't really bother me whether Jesus had a bloodline or not. So what if he had kids? It doesn't change what he did.
I was sad at the way it made Christianity look quite bad, but then I realised it's reflecting some truths from our past and we've made it look bad for ourselves.
Talked a bit with a friend today about the whole Jesus getting married bit. I don't think he did and I don't think he had children, but for me it doesn't really make much difference. My friend was saying that if he had got married it would have been recorded in the gospels because it would have been a significant thing. That's fair enough. In the film though, it seemed to me that if Jesus had got married and had children it would change the whole Christian faith, I'm not entirely sure how though (well, I can see that a lie could seriously rock things). So what if he got married? So what if he had kids. Can someone explain what's wrong with that? I'm happy to be re-educated.
I may write some more when my brain has filtered it all! I feel a bit naive about it all really.
2 comments:
Hey mate, glad you enjoyed the film.
I don't really get into the argument about whether Jesus having kids or not is a big deal, what I would say is that if you believe in an immaculate conception of Mary, if Jesus has kids then there is an issue in my mind about blood lines and parentage.
The bible never talks about Jesus getting married at all and Jesus never mentions it either - so if he had kids out of marriage then thats bad and he cannot be king of kings really.
I think it does change the Gospel considerably, but not being biblically educated I cannot really put forward a sensible argument for it.
More importantly, the 'getting married & having kids' theory is usually tied up with another theory about him not dying as and when we think he did.
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