--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- mrfishey2001 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > "This exchange is starting to take a hard turn > > because > > nobody is either an expert on the topic or they did > > not live back then in the deep south. One thing is > > true, and that is that history is re-visionist. What > > we say happened "back then" is not necessarily so." > > > > > > True, and illustrated starkly In Kazantzakis' The > > Last Temptation of > > Christ. The savior returns to live out his life as a > > quiet citizen. > > Walking through the village square one day he comes > > upon a man > > preaching about the life of Christ. The words, > > twisted and accusatory, > > resemble little to the life of an enlightened soul. > > Christ, in an > > effort to save his teachings, confronts the speaker. > > The man, flooded > > with his own brilliance, reminds a bewildered Christ > > "it matters > > little what you actually said... I am speaking now". > > Brilliant example and a brilliant movie. The people > who protested the movie-most of whom hadn't even seen > the movie!-didn't understand it.
One of my favourite all-time movies...saw it three times in the first week it was out. As a "failed" Christian, it was one of the only times that Christianity had a truly moving experience for me. Kazantzakis was a sincere seeker and Christian who reconciled a part of the Bible that Christendom had waited 2,000 years to be reconciled: when Christ is on the cross and says "Father, why hast thou forsaken me?". The entire book is based upon answering that question which Kazantzakis does with flying colours. I consider "The Last Temptation of Christ" as the missing chapters of the Bible. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
