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New Film: Jesus Christ Not Divine, Product of Rape
Big Hollywood ^ | 20 Jun 2012 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 06/20/2012 5:08:30 PM PDT by Bratch

So much for Hollywood's days of the sweeping Biblical epic.

Director/author Paul Verhoeven has announced he's found the financial backing to produce a film on the Christian Messiah that will contend that Jesus was just a good politician, one born after his mother was raped by a Roman soldier, but a man most certainly not the Son of God.

Verhoeven, most famous for having brought movie goers the 1987 smash "RoboCop," is looking to begin filming his newest flick based on his own book, "Jesus Of Nazareth."

That 2008 book dismisses the Bible's chronicling of miracles performed by Jesus Christ, not to mention asserting that Jesus' birth was less than immaculate. The book suggests Jesus was the result of Mary being raped by a Roman Centurion. Verhoeven also claims to debunk the fact that Judas Iscariot -- one of the Twelve Disciples -- betrayed Jesus to Roman authorities just previous to the crucifixion.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hollywood; jesus; verhoeven; worldisgoingbonkers
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It looks as if they're beginning production of Hollywood's next flop.

Soon to be appearing in a (empty) theater near you.

1 posted on 06/20/2012 5:08:35 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Bratch

Wow. I most certainly would NOT want to be in his shoes when he eventually stands before the Father to give an account for his actions.


2 posted on 06/20/2012 5:12:58 PM PDT by dadgum (Overjoyed to be the Pariah.)
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To: Bratch

Will he be filming the life of Mohammed next?


4 posted on 06/20/2012 5:13:42 PM PDT by Pat4ever
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To: Bratch

Blasphemy


5 posted on 06/20/2012 5:15:11 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Bratch

I’ll wait patiently for him to make a comparable film about Mohammed. Meanwhile, I’ll skip this one.


6 posted on 06/20/2012 5:16:24 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: Pat4ever

Oh no - that would be offensive to Muslims.


7 posted on 06/20/2012 5:16:25 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Bratch

Yeah, I hope he loses his shirt on this one.


8 posted on 06/20/2012 5:18:14 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Bratch

Paul, if you think the weather is warm where you are buddy, just wait...


9 posted on 06/20/2012 5:18:50 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Bratch

Evil - Satantic. Nothing else to say.


10 posted on 06/20/2012 5:18:50 PM PDT by Gasshog (Tragically,Obama ate the blue dog...)
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To: Bratch; F15Eagle
"Soon to be appearing in a (empty) theater near you"

Let's hope so.It would be sad indeed to see people turn up in huge numbers to see this.

11 posted on 06/20/2012 5:20:21 PM PDT by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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To: Bratch

Paul, you’re an arrogant fool...
God will not be mocked.


12 posted on 06/20/2012 5:20:43 PM PDT by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: Bratch

Why is Hollywierd so obsessed with the destruction of Jesus? There has been film after film that either depicts him in so many perverted and obscene ways or denounces his mother’s life. For a group that thinks that he doesn’t exist, they sure spend a lot of time and money on him.


13 posted on 06/20/2012 5:21:19 PM PDT by notpoliticallycorewrecked (According to the MSM, I'm a fringe sitting, pajama wearing, Freeper)
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And he’s stupid in business...an Obama-quality businessman. Whatever it is that he invests in this silliness, that’s what he’s going to lose on it.


14 posted on 06/20/2012 5:21:20 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Bratch
one born after his mother was raped by a Roman soldier, but a man most certainly not the Son of God.

Life of Brian was more entertaining and probably more theologically sound than Verhoeven's movie.

Though Verhoeven denies Christ's divinity, he still says he greatly respects Jesus Christ's "ethics."

If you reject Jesus's divinity how can you accept his ethics? He claimed to be the Son of God and if he was wrong then he is the greatest heretic in the history of the world leading billions of followers from the correct path. (not originally my idea, but I forget who I heard it from so I can't give proper credit).

15 posted on 06/20/2012 5:21:34 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
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Christians may picket and protest, but we won't riot and we won't cut people's heads off.

The haters can blaspheme all they want, but at the end of time, Jesus will still be the Real Deal. I don't want to be on His bad side.

16 posted on 06/20/2012 5:23:53 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Goode over evil.)
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Paul, I wouldn’t buy that for a dollar.

Would you like to know more?


17 posted on 06/20/2012 5:24:12 PM PDT by RichInOC (Jesus is coming back soon...and man, is He ticked off. (I'm trying to keep it clean.))
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I would love to know what scholarly research & ancient sources Verhoeven used in the development of this hypothesis.

Besides those he stores in his arse.

18 posted on 06/20/2012 5:24:32 PM PDT by skeeter
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Sounds like he just based his book on the medieval Jewish work, the Toledot Yeshu, which made these kinds of spurious claims about Jesus. Led to no small measure of antisemetic backlash.


19 posted on 06/20/2012 5:24:32 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: KarlInOhio

That was one of CS Lewis’ arguments from “Mere Christianity”.


20 posted on 06/20/2012 5:25:45 PM PDT by Boogieman
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