11/1 I just saw Passion of the Christ last night. I'm not Christian and
I don't know much about it. Who are the guys in black carrying
staffs and trying to get the roman governor to crucify him? Why
was Jesus called a galean (sp?)? And what is with that fat guy
King Herod who had jurisdiction over galeans? He seems to share
power with the Roman governor, which is weird. If the elderly guys
in the black are Jews I can see why Jews would see the movie as
anti-semitic. The movie portrayed the romans as being forced into
killing Jesus. Otherwise there would be an uprising. Ok, thanks.
\_ Galilee is a place. Jesus was from around there. I haven't seen
the movie, but the main group wanting Jesus killed were the
powerful Jewish priests. The Romans didn't care too much about
a Jewish religious struggle, but they *did* care about order, and
some young radical threatening the establishment was no good. FWIW
I don't believe Pontius Pilate 'had it in' for Jesus, but the
historical record shows he was a pretty brutal dictator.
-lapsed Episcopalian
\_ Pilate had no problems killing people ruthlessly. However he was
in a tough position. A riot that he squelched caused the Roman
emperor to basically say "one more of these and you're toast".
If he crucified Jesus and Jesus' followers rioted he was screwed.
If he didn't, there might be a riot from the people who wanted
Jesus dead. You can see how he'd want to avoid blame.
\_ Jesus never existed as described. There were many "Jesuses" and
stuff going on. The Jesus stuff really got going hundreds of
years after the supposed events. It's stupid to state "facts"
about Jesus because it's based on the gospels which are mostly
invented or derived from other events and religions.
\_ think about it. There were seperatists to an imperial controller.
Iesus preaches "no, do not hate, be peaceful." MLK said the same
thing and gets accused to corroboration with the Man. Watch Life
of Brian, it will get you a better perspective. The Middle East
has been fucked forever; it really needs a tac nuke.
\_ ...tactical?
\_ I think he meant strategic. |