"So I Came..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

The Last Temptation of Christ is the most homoerotic portrait of Jesus I have ever seen. Holy Jesus/Judas, Batman! (THEY MAKE OUT. I AM NOT KIDDING.)

And, uh, since I'm supposed to be actually watching it, here in class, I should probably get off the computer and focus. Oh, man, I'm already tired, though. It is so psychedelic and wild.

(Awww, Jesus' mother showed up at his crucifixion, even though he totally sucked and told her she wasn't his mother any more and made her cry. <3 Mary.)

(Also, blood does not really spurt that way. I happen to know it doesn't, I punctured my foot yesterday, and it drips and pools, so don't you start with me with all this SPLURT nonsense.)

Comments

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I do want to read that. I love Terrence McNally's theology, it's so interesting and slant-sad, I'm really interested.

Christian reviewers are funny. I point and laugh at them because they are threatened by works of fiction. wtf.

[julietveiled.livejournal.com]

Right?! It's just -- you just have to kind of laugh and laugh because otherwise you'd be banging your head on walls, how is this text, these black inky marks on a small piece of paper, this book or this play or this whatever, in any way a threat to you, your obviously well-fortified faith, or the soul of the world which you clearly enjoy having be fairly sinful as it gives you something to protest?!

People can be infuriating and silly, so I laugh. I find it interesting, now I come to think of it, that my reaction to people who get offended like this over plays, etc., is exactly the same as my reaction to people who are stupid online.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I just. I don't know how to argue, because I just think it's so closed off to new things. I mean, I consider myself a fairly religious person, and I like to learn about other ways that people view Jesus. I think it's really interesting. And when I don't agree, I don't agree, you know? I don't feel the need to make a protest or anything. I don't need to tell the other person (or film or play or song) that s/he/it is wrong, because I know what I believe and I'm fine with that. And it's really purely individual what they believe.

But I also don't believe in seeking converts, so this could maybe be the root of the issue in a way.