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Watching "Killing Jesus"
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Posted on 03/29/2015 8:23:01 PM PDT by impactplayer

I just watched "Killing Jesus". To say I was disappointed is an understatement. I found it unbearable. I understand adding pieces between the lines to flesh out the story for TV, but totally re-writing the Bible is beyond the pale. The stories of John the Baptist death, the trial before Pilot, and especially Judas and the 30 pieces of silver are totally rewritten, and the original was much better. I saw no one in this film worthy of worship, much less praise.

Sorry, O'Reilly - You missed the mark on this one.


TOPICS: Religion; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: biblemovies; christianmovies; historicaljesus; killingjesus; movies; oreilly; religion
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To: Tupelo

O’Baxter is just full of himself enough to think he is qualified to rewrite the Bible.


He’s been everywhere and done about everything, doncha know.


41 posted on 03/29/2015 10:08:22 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: impactplayer

Good topic. I enjoy reading the comments here. I saw the show on National Geographic tonight. I give it a thumbs up and a 75%. Positives: the apostles appear loyal, the miracles were inspiring and the early Christian art was impressive. Negatives: the narrator regularly used words such as “allegedly and apocryphally” that cast suspicion on the history, the lighting and costuming were low budget, and the story is a brief review.

National Geographic does makes efforts to preserve our Federal Republic and this show is good way to preserve our Christian heritage.

Bill O’Reilly writes good books. Well, Martin Duggard writes them and O’Reilly sells them. I’ve read several “When I was a young guy, I lived on fast food. Burgers, fries, pizza, fried seafood. Don’t do that” (Humanity 2008: 245). “One more thing. We’re going to get this culture war over with faster than anyone believes. According to Sun Tzu, No country benefits from a prolonged warfare” (Warrior 2006: 15).


42 posted on 03/29/2015 10:10:56 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: Georgia Girl 2
I agree with, "The guy is (a) terrible."

One need go no further than that!

43 posted on 03/29/2015 10:18:07 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: impactplayer
O’Reilly has made a fictional novella loosely based on Biblical texts. His inflated sense of his own importance leads him to believe that this is the account of Jesus that the world has been waiting for. He often fancies himself as a Moses-type prophet. Only a few of his die hard groupies will endure his misrepresentation of scripture. It'll be fun to watch him explode when the critics start in on this farcical movie.
44 posted on 03/29/2015 10:55:41 PM PDT by scottiemom (As Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school)
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To: impactplayer

I have the book - but it doesn’t seem to fit the movie.

And .. my usual gripe about the portrayal of Jesus was as expected. The King of Glory would not have gone around in ragged, filthy clothing, grossly unwashed hair, dirt on his face; I just can’t buy it. In the movie Ben Hur, Jesus was portrayed as appropriately dressed, but with a clean face, body and hair. It’s the only way I can picture HIM.

AND .. I NEVER COULD PICTURE JESUS AS AN ARAB - BECAUSE JESUS WAS JEWISH - WHICH MEANS HE HAD LIGHTER COLORED SKIN THAN THE ARABS. AND - TO HAVE A MEMBER OF ISLAM PORTRAY JESUS IS A FARCE.

I will not be wasting my money.


45 posted on 03/29/2015 11:04:12 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("The hour has arrived to gather the Harvest")
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To: chajin

This is why you use picture books with children. LOL


46 posted on 03/29/2015 11:07:29 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("The hour has arrived to gather the Harvest")
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To: impactplayer

O’Reilly showed clips of this movie on his TV show. It looked BAD. Jesus had ZERO charisma. You know a movie is bad and low-budget when you can tell all the beards are glued on.


47 posted on 03/29/2015 11:40:48 PM PDT by ZagFan
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To: impactplayer

Plus I read where a Muslim actor depicted Jesus....very strange


48 posted on 03/29/2015 11:54:23 PM PDT by punditwannabe
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To: The Final Harvest

Ancient Jews were more semetic than they are now. Arabs are also semetic. Jews having lighter skin is the result of the diaspora when Jews were forced to leave their homeland. Ancient Jews, Phoenicians, Arabs probably all looked very similar.


49 posted on 03/30/2015 12:01:33 AM PDT by z taxman
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To: impactplayer

the funny thing is that oreilly rails about the internet and bloggers for ‘making stuff up’ and for ‘not being serious reporters’ yet the whole book, killing Jesus, was practically made up- re-written- it’s funny how he criticizes others for doing exactly what he does


50 posted on 03/30/2015 12:02:14 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: impactplayer

I’ll just read the book.


51 posted on 03/30/2015 12:30:00 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Bigtigermike

That’s the way it seemed to me also.


52 posted on 03/30/2015 3:02:13 AM PDT by MagnoliaB
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To: impactplayer

I agree with you that it wasn’t great. I believe, in O’Baxter’s defense, it was made not to tell the story as we all know it, but only as to what source material would corroborate - history or news, whatever you want to call it. In one sense he did us all a great service rebutting all the efforts by media to say Jesus didn’t even really exist. He did and that’s what we can prove happened without using the Bible.


53 posted on 03/30/2015 3:12:56 AM PDT by major-pelham
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To: impactplayer

“The Passion of the Christ” set a bar that is tough to top.


54 posted on 03/30/2015 4:25:59 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: PROCON

Since you mention Mel Gibson, I must add that it would seem that Ridly Scott raided Mel’s costume and prop closet for this production! (Especially Herod’s outfit and the Pharisees!)

But what I really found troubling was the portrayal of Jesus Himself. Since the actor was a Muslim, I didn’t expect a particularly reverend portrayal, but this guy played Jesus as a clueless bumpkin who had no idea who he was.

Even a perfunctory reading of the Gospels would reveal that, at least from the time He was 12, Jesus knew EXACTLY Who He was.

And from the early chapters of the Gospel of Luke, Mary, Elizabeth, John the Baptist, Joseph, Simeon and Anna knew TOO.

I was offended...are Christians ALLOWED to get “offended”? LOL!


55 posted on 03/30/2015 5:44:20 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: The Final Harvest

Jesus’s face is never shown in “Ben Hur”. It was what made that portrayal very special.

Perhaps you are thinking of “King of Kings” in which Jeffrey Hunter played Jesus. That one fits your description perfectly.


56 posted on 03/30/2015 5:50:42 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: impactplayer

That’s not too bad. I just read a blog on a British Medieval History page about British monarchs that mentioned Elizabeth II’s current reign on the thrown.


57 posted on 03/30/2015 5:51:51 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: impactplayer
"Sorry, O'Reilly - You missed the mark on this one."

You watched it, didn't you?. That says to me he hit the mark. BTW, I didn't.

58 posted on 03/30/2015 6:00:08 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: impactplayer

I wouldn’t be able to stand 10 seconds of it.


59 posted on 03/30/2015 6:01:52 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Is a Republican who won't call Obama a Muslim worthy of your vote?)
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To: impactplayer

I mean think about it. An actor who is a sinner, who is rotten with sin is going to “act” like the spotless Lamb of God! I can’t get past that with any of these bible movies.


60 posted on 03/30/2015 6:03:47 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Is a Republican who won't call Obama a Muslim worthy of your vote?)
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