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From: ix415@sdcc6.UUCP (Rick Frey)
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Subject: Re: The cheese connection
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 01:23:54 EST
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> Incidentally, I didn't think LIFE OF BRIAN was sacrilegious at all.
> It wasn't Jesus being mocked, only peoples' response to him.

Not to be picky or over zealous, but in the movie, Brian (the character
representing Jesus) was portrayed as a normal guy who was simply (and
literally) picked up by the masses without any reason.  He fell on the
ledge where he "preached his first sermon" and his miracles and actions
were those of a normal, everyday person.  He tried to avoid the large
groups of people and he continually told them that he was nothing
special, but they wouldn't listen.  The movie gave me the definite
impression that they were making the statement that Christ was probably
just a normal guy whom the masses, through ignorance and misconception
vaulted into the spotlight.
 
Christ, however, claimed to be a Teacher from God and while many dispute
it, He claimed to be God.  He certainly never avoided teaching the
masses and the Bible tries to make it very clear that the miracles
atributed to Him were not ignorant people's dumb mistakes (i.e. the man
in the whole who hadn't spoken for 40 some odd years being healed by
Brian stepping on his foot and making him scream.)  The Bible teaches
that Christ was NOT just a popular teacher whose reputation was based
rumors and stories, the Bible claims that He had authority from God,
that He came from God, and that He was God.

While I must admit that many of the scenes in the movie were excellent
in their critique of people and their dealings with religion, the
underlying statement about Christ is definitely not in line with
Biblical teaching.  Forgive me if I'm being a kill joy.

				Rick (not Rich)

p.s. All I said was that piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah :-)