There is absolutely no way to depict accurately the Bible on the screen. However, the goal was to spread the Gospel, which was Downey’s intention, so I applaud her. Did she succeed at that, I wonder? Why make changes to what Jesus actually said, according to Scripture, and create an impression that is inaccurate or misleading?
I agree that Downey was horribly miscast as Mary. Her awful plastic surgery was so distracting, let alone her looking like an Irish lady that wandered onto the set. In the tv production, she chose to highlight Samson and Delilah, but no mention of Jacob and his 12 sons - odd choice, I thought.
Mel Gibson was right when he said about his version of ‘The Passion of Christ’ - “This is my movie - if you don’t like it, go make your own movie.”
“However, the goal was to spread the Gospel, which was Downey’s intention, so I applaud her.”
Downey is New Age through and through. “Son of Man” is told through the eyes of a New Age guru.
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She was quoted in an article talking about how she listens to books on tape by Eckart Tolle. “I get my own selections [on the radio in the car] — books on tape by Eckhart Tolle, Tony Robbins…” She goes on to say, “My husband says I’m so self-realized I’m practically levitating.’” Really? Because I have never heard my pastor’s wife talk like that? If you are not familiar with Eckart Tolle, he is a New Age teacher who twists the Bible and adds it to his Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Shintoist philosophy. If you are familiar with him, and you like him–whatever. He is a false teacher when it comes to Christianity. Charlie Campbell has a list of his troubling statements...
Aside from her VERY questionable theological beliefs, she has gone to the University of Santa Monica to get a degree in “Spiritual Psychology.” When I first read that I thought, “so?” BUT when I looked it up, the University of Santa Monica is not just a school like Cal Poly or USC that people from all walks of life go to. When you click on their home page you will see that it specializes in New Age degrees.
ACTRESS Roma Downey has talked to her mother through a psychic on live TV. The Derry-born Touched By An Angel star was a guest on a celebrity version of the US psychic show Crossing Over, hosted by medium John Edward. Roma’s mother Maureen died of a heart attack in Derry when she was 10. And Roma was heartbroken that she was never able to tell her how much she loved her. So she jumped at an offer from the producers of the show on the Sci-Fi Channel to speak to her mum using Edwards for the connection. (source).