[marktuoni]

If Michelangelo while paiting the Sistine Chapel dropped some paint on a priest walking by, would THAT have been funny?

Fine line between reverence and irreverence when talking about humor.

Not sure where I fall on the subject...looking forward to the responses to this thread...

[Crusher138]

To begin with, I loved the movie. I was moved and it haunts me days after.

That being said let's remember IT WAS JUST A MOVIE!

There was a time in the early Christian church where visual depictions of Jesus were forbidden. Something about some rule "Thou shalt not make unto me any graven image" or some such. Some people took this literally to mean "Don't make any images of God".

Funny thing is, they thought that people might confuse the image of God with the real thing and start treating the image with more reverence than what is due to an object. I can't imagine anyone getting so worked up over a sculpture, or a painting, or a movie, that they forget that it is just a thing created by man and is not meant to be confused with God himself.

I mean, really, you would have to be pretty stupid to treat a thing with the reverence you should be saving for your creator...

[Modernman]

If Michelangelo while paiting the Sistine Chapel dropped some paint on a priest walking by, would THAT have been funny?

Sure. God is dripping on you.

[marktuoni]

Not sure where I fall on the subject...looking forward to the responses to this thread...

After deep reflection over the past twenty minutes, and four years in the eighties in a Catholic high school, I conclude that this is both irreverent and funny.

[Sam Cree]

"Fine line between reverence and irreverence when talking about humor."

I guess it's the irreverence that contains the humor here.

'Course this is just a "movie" in the same sense that the Bible is just a "book." However, I think that God would not object to such humor.

[stuartcr]

Probably would have been if Charlton Heston had done it while FILMING the MOVIE.

[sharktrager]

I may be cruel, but the idea of Michalangelo dropping paint on anyone is funny.

[Phsstpok]

If Michelangelo while paiting the Sistine Chapel dropped some paint on a priest walking by, would THAT have been funny?

Ummmmm...... Yes?

I have a feeling the real Michelangelo would have tittered behind his hand if paint fell on a priest. I have a feeling he would have giggled out loud (until discovered) if it had hit the Pope. I know Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison probably had many moments in their movie about that great work when they "went up."

I too winced at the jokes in this piece about this movie. I also laughed. I think Jesus would have laughed too. Remember, He WAS human, no matter what you believe about his being divine. He experienced all that being human means, including the very human response to foolishness and the absurd situations that are inevitable in life. That is a big part of what makes his willing sacrifice so meaningful.