<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]I haven't heard any thing else about it and I wasn't sure. Some thing else I was wondering about though, seeing that over the years many movies have been made about the life of Christ is this a violation of the second Commandment?</font><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>(Fred) I have a dissenting opinion from Pilgrim's. I don't think it is blasphemous because the second commandment has to do with graven images in the place of worship. We could not have any depection of Christ, or any biblical event, in art form if it is a violation of the 2nd commandment. One of the most moving paintings is Lenardo DaVinci's painting of Christ and the 12 apostles in the boat during the storm. A fantastic piece of art. <br>As long as such a film is done historically, and with reverence to the subject being portrayed, I believe it is fine. This would go with any movie portraying biblical history, and I would add, secular history as well. Obviously, you have examples of what would better be defined as sacreligious films, like "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "The Last Temptation of Christ," but most are not meant to be sacreligious. Even the 10 Commandments, which really doesn't get anything right historically about the Exodus, was a noble attempt to portray that event. <br>I would say that probably one of the best "Jesus" films to date is Ben Hur, because the Christ figure is never seen, or seen at such a distance, that you cannot make out his face; Yet, he has a profound influence upon the plot of the film.<br><br>Fred

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