> So IYO no one can ever make a movie about the life of Jesus -- where for > Christians the main point of the life of Jesus is His death and > resurrection and its meaning for us today -- because some people use the > fact that some Jews who lived at the time were involved in his death to > justify hatred of and violence against all Jews today? > I never said no one can; people can do anything they want. BUT, if you are going to make a movie about the death of Jesus, you need to take care NOT to give any ammunition to anti-Semites. Because Jews HAVE been murdered over the past two millennia because they were blamed for rejecting and killing Jesus. To ignore that is to take on some complicity for the hatred and violence.
I think Christians need to face up to this and not try to argue it away or pretend it didn't happen or deny their responsibility for two millennia of violence. Because, whatever Christians may think of their religion as being a religion of love and peace, to Jews it's a religion of hatred and murder. And yes, I know, it's as wrong for Jews to blame all Christians for the violence as it is for Christians to blame all Jews for the death of Jesus. But when you're a tiny helpless minority being persecuted and hunted down and burned alive in synagogues and forced to convert, it's not easy to be fair. To be honest, if a Jew distrusts Christians, I'm not sure there's much of a consequence, as there simply aren't enough of us to do anything about it. When Christians preach hatred of Jews (and I realize that these days most no longer do this, but the damage has been done), the consequences are and have been horrific. Christians should feel shame and do true penitence about this; is that really so much to ask? > � If that is not what you are saying, what do you think would be an > acceptable way of portraying > the account given in the Gospels while staying true to that account? > Why not make a movie about two millennia of Christians murdering Jews? If a Jew did that, wouldn't Christians be stirred up and angry? Tom Beck www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last." - Dr Jerry Pournelle _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
