--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 8/1/06 12:50:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > jstein@ writes: > > > > *If* he really wants to be a decent person and live > > up to his Christian ideals, his father's anti- > > Semitism must be a horrible conflict for him. He > > seems not to be able to cross his father; maybe > > he's afraid his father won't love him any more if > > he does. Not a good place to be in. > > > > He may believe in the biblical teaching that one doesn't betray or > > disrespect ones authority figures, no matter how wrong the may be > > because God gave them authority over you. > > On the other hand, he has said that his father has > "never lied to him." > > It's a good point, though, that he may actually have > a religious conflict, but I'd suggest that's in > addition to an emotional conflict about publicly > disagreeing with his father. > > As a public figure himself who made a controversial > movie about Jesus Christ, he can't just keep entirely > silent. He's going to be asked about it over and > over, and whatever he says is going to be given wide > publicity. So he really is between a rock and a hard > place. He can't publicly *agree OR disagree* with > his father. > > No wonder he drinks...
Hmm. Now I'm wondering whether the idea of making the movie about Christ was part of this prompting I suggested he's getting from his psyche to get the conflict with his father out in the open and deal with it. That didn't work, so the next thing was for him to have a drunken meltdown in which he more or less channeled his father. Gibson was very good, by the way, in the movie "Hamlet," which he directed and starred in. "Hamlet" is very much about father conflicts. Does "Braveheart" have anything about fathers in it? I never saw it. I did see "Patriots" (and wished I hadn't--it was dreadful). Can't recall whether there was father stuff in that--he *plays* a father, but I'm not sure there was anything in it that resonated with the current situation. > > > > The Story of Noah being drunk and naked is relevant > > here. Hamm came in the cave and found Noah drunk and naked and went > out blabbing > > it to everyone where as the two other brothers found their father > in that > > condition and covered him up and said nothing to anyone about it. > Noah was > > their authority figure and while what he did was wrong and > despicable he wasn't > > punished by God where as Hamm was for his disrespect of his father, > and the > > other brothers were blessed for taking care of their father and > remaining quiet. > > > 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/
