The Beast...

[yeshuaskid]

There is a new movie scheduled to come out on 06/06/2006 called, "The Beast". This movie is supposed to somehow explain that there is no Jesus Christ. The story behind the movie is that a teen finds her father (a biblical scholar) missing and discovers that he stumbled across some so-called christian cover-up about Jesus. I am aware that there are non-christians who use this site but, this thread is really directed toward other users. We need to pray about this movie. The teaser trailer is already out. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to list the website but, if I can...let me know and I'll post it.

 

[MadeInOz]

hoo boy

 

[Dak man]

I for one would like to see the trailer for it. I am a christian and there's not anything other people can do about it, but I'm always interested to see how others try to bring us down.

 

[princess_ballet]

If this movie was made about Islam would we care?

I'm trying to debate, I'm just curious. Is this a movie for entertainment or does it have an agenda. I think that's what we need to look at.

 

[Dak man]

Good point. Though potentially much less controversial the DaVinci code (which is now being made into a movie) puts forth lies about our faith.

 

[yeshuaskid]

If this movie was made about Islam would we care?

I'm trying to debate, I'm just curious. Is this a movie for entertainment or does it have an agenda. I think that's what we need to look at.

I don't think it's meant to be for entertainment purposes. Check out the website. It's www.thebeastmovie.com I apologize, in advance, if I'm not supposed to give this out. It's a public site, though. If anyone checks it out...please, let me know what you think.

 

[Dak man]

The trailer doesn't really give anything away about it. I just view this as backlash from The Passion. It's obvious (to me atleast) that this is a work of fiction (non-documentary style) because of the release date alone.

 

[yeshuaskid]

The trailer doesn't really give anything away about it. I just view this as backlash from The Passion.

That's was my first thought, as well, in regards to The Passion.

It's obvious (to me atleast) that this is a work of fiction (non-documentary style) because of the release date alone.

As a christian, too, I know it's fiction. It just amazes me how far people will go for the almighty buck.

 

[InnerPhyre]

That trailer was good for a laugh. It's pretty sad really. I know that the one thing the makers of this movie DO want is for Christians to start freaking out and trying to get it banned. They'll get tons of free publicity from pastors who will start shouting about this. And they'll get exactly what they want.

What struck me was a great sense of sadness for those who would place an image of the Pantocrator on the screen with words like "Lies, Fraud, Forgery." God forgive their blasphemy.

 

[Dust and Ashes]

Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.

It's funny but at the same time very sad that some people believe Jesus didn't exist. There is more evidence for the historicity of Jesus Christ than for Plato, Socrates, etc. yet people don't want to believe He exists because that might mean that they are responsible for what they do with that knowledge.

 

[oneiric]

If this can convince people that Jesus is a phony, then they are weak minded to base their believes off of a creative movie with no evidential basis whatsoever. The true seeker would research and come to find that there is much evidence supporting Christ and who He truly is.

 

[armed2010]

Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.

It's funny but at the same time very sad that some people believe Jesus didn't exist. There is more evidence for the historicity of Jesus Christ than for Plato, Socrates, etc. yet people don't want to believe He exists because that might mean that they are responsible for what they do with that knowledge.

Plato has left behind paintings. Jesus has left behind 3rd hand accounts written 30-50 years after his death. In other words, I dont really agree with your conclusion.

 

[oneiric]

"There is no reason to doubt the reality of Jesus as a historic figure. The gospel accounts are four different accounts from four different people. They were penned by either eyewitnesses or under the direction of the eyewitnesses. These same gospels were distributed throughout the region very quickly and we have no account anywhere on any of the contemporaries attempting to refute any of the facts written in them -- including those accounts dealing with the miracles of Jesus.
In order for Jesus to be a myth, it would have to be shown that the gospel accounts were highly embellished and inaccurately copied and transmitted</SPAN>. But, considering that there are other, non biblical accounts mentioning Jesus, it would be very difficult for anyone to demonstrate that He never lived."

 

[armed2010]

Its a good idea to post the source of who your quoting. And I dont really want this to turn into a debate, I was just posting my thoughts on another persons assumptions. They were penned 30-50 years after Jesus died, so it doesnt really matter how quickly they were distrubuted, not to mention that 30-50 years, even for an eyewitness, does not let them keep an 100% accurate acount of what happend in their mind. Also noting that we are dealing with people 2000 years ago, who were far more superstitious, and more easily to believe certain things than people today. Anyway thats just my view on the thing, I dont really have anything else to say. I probably wont see the movie on the fact that im not a big movie goer

 

[Dak man]

There is more than enough evidence to know that Plato existed, but his master Socrates never actually wrote anything down, it was all Plato's writing that he attributed to Socrates. So if you believe what was written about Socrates was true, then by the same token the third-hand accounts about Jesus (both biblical and non) have truth to them.

 

[Dust and Ashes]

Plato has left behind paintings. Jesus has left behind 3rd hand accounts written 30-50 years after his death. In other words, I dont really agree with your conclusion.

Really? And how do you know Plato painted them? Maybe they were painted by someone 30-50 years after Plato was supposed to have lived and attributed to him for whatever reason people do things like that.

 

[somf4eva]

Anyways, about the movie. Is anyone going to see it?

 

[yeshuaskid]

No way! I'm not! As a believer in Christ, I don't want to fill my head with that garbage. I'm not insulting anyone...it's a personal thing for me...

God Bless...

 

[Sors]

As nonbeliever, I feel perfectly comfortable saying that almost all scholary evidence proves that a man named Jesus did infact exist. The Da Vinci code, although it not completely factual, is at least based on credible theories. Most people in the academic world would agree that this theory is based on the absolute fringes of scholary research.

That being said, as it is obviously not an insult to my faith, I will probably see the movie, and I perhaps find it enjoyable, even though it may not be factually accurate.

 

[JC 101 FM]

you want some scary reading, I invite you to read the "Fourm" section of that website.

You can feel the evil on it. However there are some of us posting the truth about Jesus on it.