Jesus Now and Then is quite interesting as well. The authors attitude is a little different than what I'm use to in text books and I guess that's what makes it interesting. He points out some nice things like what Hollywood has done with Jesus. I had no idea that Star Wars, E.T., and The Matrix had anything to do with Jesus. But I wonder if that's what the writers of those movies intended to show. I may have to do some research to find out the "truth" ;)
Speaking of truth, I guess I'll go ahead put my input on that whole thing. I can't help but agree with Wesley. I guess if you think about it in psychological terms, there can't always be more than one truth. There are people with very severe mental disorders who truly believe that if they step out of their house into the sunlight that they will burn alive/melt/die. But I think we all know that isn't true at all! Yes you could say that it all depends on how you grew up, and yes this is true. But there are still those morals and ethics that already exist in our society that take part in determining the truth. And the deeper we go with our morals and beliefs the hard it seems to see the solid truth. But I guess we'll all know in the end. Until then, all we can do is have faith in what we believe in and actually do something about it.
Yeah, I was definitely entertained by the Hollywood references as well. I think screenwriters are somewhat fascinated by Jesus-types in their movies. Certainly, the viewers are, or else the movies wouldn't keep appearing and doing so well in the box office. I wonder if there is a type of Jesus in every major award winning movie? It's amazing to think of how the life of Jesus has shaped the development of our culture, even to today.
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