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'Jesus is REAL superstar ...it doesn’t matter how he looked'
UK Sun ^ | July 7, 2012 | Dr JOHN SENTAMU, Archbishop of York

Posted on 07/07/2012 7:14:32 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

NEW ITV1 talent show Superstar is pitting 100 singers from around the country in a battle to win the lead role in a new stage version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: jesus; musical; superstar; uk
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(The title was abbbreviated to fit).

This is from the UK.

1 posted on 07/07/2012 7:14:39 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

How exactly Jesus looked is not known but he looked Jewish enough that the Samaritan woman at the well not knowing who he was could recognize that he would worship at Jerusalem.


2 posted on 07/07/2012 7:24:39 AM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38
How exactly Jesus looked is not known . . .

From all the paintings I have seen, he looks Italian.

3 posted on 07/07/2012 7:38:16 AM PDT by Hoodat (“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy.” - John Marshall)
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To: Hoodat

lol. I love your post. Unfortunately he probably looked more Iraqi...


4 posted on 07/07/2012 8:01:40 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: ConservativeStatement

From what I’ve heard and read, Jesus Christ Superstar was intentionally written as blasphemy.


5 posted on 07/07/2012 8:09:11 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5))
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To: reasonisfaith
I don't believe that to be true at all. I find it quite inspiring. See if this puts tears on your face.

I don't know how to love Him

6 posted on 07/07/2012 8:14:03 AM PDT by Hoodat (“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy.” - John Marshall)
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To: reasonisfaith

You heard from someone who likely never saw and certainly didn’t understand the play.


7 posted on 07/07/2012 8:15:32 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: reasonisfaith

Our church put this on a few years back. It is your basic passion play with modern style music. I loved it. No blasphemy to me.


8 posted on 07/07/2012 8:24:13 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Hoodat
I have a DVR of the 2004 revival, and it's one of my treasured videos. Andrew Lloyd Webber added verses to two numbers, and wrote a whole new duet for Peter and Mary Magdalen in the final act. He also completely rewrote the crucifiction scene. It's more effective than the 1969 original.

Is he going to add or change more material?

9 posted on 07/07/2012 8:26:24 AM PDT by Publius (Leadershiup starts with getting off the couch.)
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To: reasonisfaith

It was not intended as blasphemy. It is the passion story told from the perspective of Judas. Think of it as the “Gospel of Judas” set to music.


10 posted on 07/07/2012 8:29:56 AM PDT by Publius (Leadershiup starts with getting off the couch.)
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To: Publius
Is he going to add or change more material?

I have no idea. I'm still trying to figure out why RedBox doesn't offer the "Atlas Shrugged" DVD. ;-)

11 posted on 07/07/2012 8:39:09 AM PDT by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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To: ConservativeStatement

thanks for the post. this is one of my favorite musicals of all time.


12 posted on 07/07/2012 9:06:13 AM PDT by warpsmith (Palin Fan)
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To: Publius

Saw it as a play on a college campus in the early ‘70’s and was quite impressed. Loved the movie and the soundtrack - even though it got terrible reviews. And then saw it as a stage play with Teddy Neeley and Carl Anderson. One of the best concerts ever...


13 posted on 07/07/2012 9:09:24 AM PDT by Donkey Odious (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: Publius; Hoodat; bert; sportutegrl

Tim Rice, who wrote Jesus Christ Superstar, on Jesus Christ:

“For me it obviously indicates that, Christ was just a super-prophet who - a fantastic man, who made a big mark on his time, and we don’t really know all that much about him. The fact that an awful lot happened in Christ’s life that could easily be legend, I don’t think diminishes the importance of the legend. But, I think, as the years roll on, in the 20th and 21st centuries, I think less and less people are going to think of Christ as a god, and I think more people are going to see him as a generally good thing. I don’t see him as a god at all, and the opera doesn’t categorically say he wasn’t but I think it leaves the question very open.”

Blasphemy is not defined as what meets or doesn’t meet the criteria of our feelings.

Blasphemy is irreverence toward God. This includes the false claim that Christ is not God.


14 posted on 07/07/2012 9:11:30 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5))
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In the most meaningful song "Everything Alright"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ia-8_14-M4

Jesus attempts to "soothe" the rantings of Judas thus:

"Surely you're not saying

We have the resources

To save the poor from their lot?

There will be poor always

Pathetically struggling

Look at the good things you've got!

Think while you still have me

Move while you still see me

You'll be lost

You'll be so sorry

When I'm gone"

15 posted on 07/07/2012 9:24:21 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: warpsmith

You’re welcome. I thought it could bring interesting discussion.


16 posted on 07/07/2012 9:24:40 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

The ultimate controversy about Jesus, among academics as well as in popular culture is this: Is Jesus merely a “good teacher/prophet” or is he God?

Jesus Christ Superstar expresses a clear opinion on the matter.

A believer in the Gospel of Christ cannot have much good to say about Jesus Christ Superstar, if he understands the musical.


17 posted on 07/07/2012 9:39:01 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5))
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To: Hoodat

“He’s a man, He’s just a man.”

How is that NOT blasphemy?????

Ed


18 posted on 07/07/2012 1:19:49 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: bert

The play also has the Apostles singing:

“Always thought that I’d be an Apostle,
Knew that I could make it if I tried,
then when we retire we could write the Gospels
so they’d still talk about us when we died”

Do you REALLY think the Apostles became Apostles so they’d be famous when they retired? Most of them ended up murdered for Jesus’ sake...

And Superstar ends NOT with his resurrection but with His death.

It’s a totally un-Christian play.

Ed


19 posted on 07/07/2012 1:25:56 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: Sir_Ed

In your insistence to focus on one line, you have sadly lost sight of the big picture. Mary is in the process of making a conversion. (Key word: PROCESS) But unfortunately, you missed it. Why do you think that is?


20 posted on 07/07/2012 2:27:31 PM PDT by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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