An irreverent treatment of Jesus Christ's adolescence and early adulthood can be a really iffy subject. If you Google the book, an equal number of glowing reviews and raging attacks on Moore's character and values pop up. So my first question is: what was your gut reaction to this book? Did you love it? Did you hate it? Do you think Moore was exploiting the polarizing effect the topic might have on readers? Did it change the way you think about Jesus, Christianity, and your faith? Would you recommend this book to somebody else, and why?
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I think that the same people who feel the need to attack this book are the ones that haven't read it, but need to. There are all kinds of people lining up to attack a book about Jesus that isn't the Bible. Heck, they even attack different versions of the Bible. These are also the same people who think that Mary of Magdala was a prostitute, when there is absolutely no evidence in the Bible to suggest that. An accurate history suggests that she had equal footing with Peter as an apostle. Of course the male heirarchy (boys club of the catholic church) had to squash an ideas that women could be equal to men in the church. Less competition you know; among other things like line of succesion are more difficult to prove. Of course we may have a suni/shia arguement in the church if they didn't do that, but that's another discussion.
ReplyDeleteMy personal views about Jesus include the fact that a "man" could do the things that he did. If a God does it, it's an impossible standard to live up to, and why should we even try. I think most of the divinity slant comes from the church, at least in a halo way. I think that there are other divine humans, ones that we currently share the planet with; and they don't necessarily follow Christian dogma. I believe for example that the current Dalai Lama is one. Mother Teresa was one. Nelson Mandella may be one. I believe that many people have the capacity to be divine; but very few are.