I was raised Evangelical and knew nothing about the things showed in this film, which is more concerned with the Catholic Church. I came to know the dark side of Protestantism (not part of this movie, unfortunately) only after I stopped going to the church, discovering by myself all the evil things done by Luther (a Jew and women hater), Melanchthon, Calvin, Zwingli and others, about whom Protestants think they are heroes and will go to Heaven. It must be like this in every religion, that their followers know nothing about their dirty past, as long as they are part of them.
Since the essence of almost every religion is to claim to be the true one, today I'm convinced violence is an indivisible part of most religions. If my religion is the true one, then all others are false, and if they are false, they are wrong, and what is wrong should not exist. It's that simple, sadly.
Since this movie is mainly about violence against Jews, to be fair open your Bible and read. How was Israel founded? Also on extreme violence. God commanded the Israelites to invade other people's land and massacre them, including the children. Throughout the Bible you read that God commanded people who worshiped other gods to be exterminated (see Baal, for example). In Deuteronomy 13:6-10 God commands the Israelites to kill even their own relatives, if they turn to other gods.
Religions are destroying this world. Thousands of years and the problem of fanaticism persists. It's no surprise. Because of the exclusivist nature of religions, fanaticism will never cease. Millions of Evangelicals believe there will be a World War III, because it's a precondition for the second coming of Jesus. And they are willing to help make this day come sooner.
It would have enriched the film if James Carroll had mentioned the fact that there is no historical evidence that Jesus even existed. That would have made the hatred Christians have for Jews look even more absurd, since Christians hate Jews for killing someone who may have never lived. I'm sure Carroll knows that, but he simply ignores it, in order not to lose his faith completely.
Read the book "Wasting Time on God", by Paulo Bitencourt.
Since the essence of almost every religion is to claim to be the true one, today I'm convinced violence is an indivisible part of most religions. If my religion is the true one, then all others are false, and if they are false, they are wrong, and what is wrong should not exist. It's that simple, sadly.
Since this movie is mainly about violence against Jews, to be fair open your Bible and read. How was Israel founded? Also on extreme violence. God commanded the Israelites to invade other people's land and massacre them, including the children. Throughout the Bible you read that God commanded people who worshiped other gods to be exterminated (see Baal, for example). In Deuteronomy 13:6-10 God commands the Israelites to kill even their own relatives, if they turn to other gods.
Religions are destroying this world. Thousands of years and the problem of fanaticism persists. It's no surprise. Because of the exclusivist nature of religions, fanaticism will never cease. Millions of Evangelicals believe there will be a World War III, because it's a precondition for the second coming of Jesus. And they are willing to help make this day come sooner.
It would have enriched the film if James Carroll had mentioned the fact that there is no historical evidence that Jesus even existed. That would have made the hatred Christians have for Jews look even more absurd, since Christians hate Jews for killing someone who may have never lived. I'm sure Carroll knows that, but he simply ignores it, in order not to lose his faith completely.
Read the book "Wasting Time on God", by Paulo Bitencourt.