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From here:

https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Christ-Superstar.html

After Jesus is whipped, the music immediately (and significantly) shifts into the “Superstar” theme. This is a way of saying that the martyrdom has begun, and Jesus has won His fame. This idea is stressed in Judas’s final song, in which he mentions both Buddha and Mohammed but says that Jesus has more appeal because of how He died. The opera ends with Jesus’ crucifixion. There is no resurrection.

To summarize the theme of Jesus Christ Superstar, Jesus was not divine but was a fascinating and magnetic man of good intentions who let things get out of control. Overwhelmed by His own fame, He desired to return to a simpler, more sincere life, but He couldn’t. Of the disciples, only Judas recognized what was happening. He hated what Jesus had become but still loved Him and wanted to help Him. Jesus saw only one way out of His predicament: to die as a martyr; then, perhaps, some of His good teaching might be remembered.

Of course, this is not biblical. Jesus is more than just a man; He is the Son of God (John 10:30).

[dp0622]

Take a pill. Good grief. And I think there is something about being pompous in the Bible too

[Fawn]

Well, thanks for that bummer....lol. I still like it because i get more out of it than that understanding that HE is the son of God.

[ealgeone]

Thank you for posting the article from gotquestions. That's a pretty good apologetics website.

[Jeff Chandler]

Excellent critique.

I saw the musical live and enjoyed it. I don’t think it’s sacrilegious, but religious it is not; neither is is scriptural in the sense a devout Christian understands scriptural. They just took parts of the Gospel and made a fun pop musical out of it.

If it draws people to Christ, that is wonderful, but it’s foolish to try to learn theology from pop music.