The last temptation... in for some polemy?

Yesterday I saw "the last temptation of Christ", not that new movie from Gibson called "the passion of christ" or something like that. The movie I talk about was made several years ago by Scorsese and was actually banned in Mexico during all this time. I can see why, it is one of those threats to the church.

I liked the movie, but I don't think I will see it again for a long time. At a point it became almost too slow and heavy so to speak. Directors should skip all the parts about Jesus life that we all know and go to the proposal quicker!. Still, the movie was made in 1988 so probably the story wasn't that told. (say only for about 1980 years... its 2004 years now!, big difference!). The point of the movie though, was interesting, the last temptation I think is a surprise to all of us viewers, and there were several dialogues that made my time worth it. Probably the one I liked the most was this one from Jesus: You think God belongs only to you? He doesn't. God is an immortal spirit who belongs to everybody, to the whole world. You think you're special? God is not an Israelite.

God is not an Israelite... nor is he Christian, or a Muslim, or a Jew. God, if anything, is way above any religion. Religions are creations and inventions of man, I think that God can only be amuzed by them. And that is, if we give God a "human personality", which we all tend to do because it is so much easier to understand a God that is "kind of like us"... right?. I believe in the higher power, in retribution, in right and wrong, and I can even agree on the label God, as much as I agree with any other label you feel like using (ie. universal energy, ultimate cause, etc). And I believe all those great guys like Jesus existed, and they were that, great guys. People that had a higher level of "synchrony" with reality and that were able to blend in a great way. They were able to "force" their reality upon ourselves and if they said that the water was wine, then it was wine for us all... if they said they could walk on water, we all believed them... they had that great power of making people believe, of making things happen.

I will probably get yelled at by all my close christian friends because of all this I am saying, but I trully believe so. And the more I learn about what Jesus came to say, even what actually is on the gospels, the more I think church is a waste of time and a disapointment. That is not what Jesus came to teach, or Mahoma, or Siddharta... they all came to teach about love!!!!... LOVE... and churches, churches teach hatred, pride, they alianate others and deny "salvation" for whatever reason they seem fit. That wasn't the point!. Now, some churches are decent, and some people in them are wonderful trully good fellows, but in general is all about appearances, fear, and most of them do feel they have the right to point their finger at the others.

Actually, if you are being offended by this written here, and are even thinking "poor hector he's strayed from the path"... how can he dare say all that?... Well then, you prove my point... where is tolerance?. I know I am being harsh, but it's just that I can't stop thinking of all those fake church members that I know, of all the violence and hatred because of religion and the lack of understanding of the one true message: love, I can't stop thinking of all those who dare to say you are damned if you don't give your self to this or that profet, this or that Messiah... as if God had a religion... if "He" exists as a person that actually has desires and expectations towars us humans, then believe you me, all he wants is for us to love one another and have a decent time on earth, in peace. That, or he is entirelly amuzed by us... or was, and he is no longer watching.

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On other news, I was invited by a friend of mine to the presentation of her 1st novel... cheers for her!!.

cool quote:
I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.
Neil Gaiman, Sandman

ps... sorry for the folks who msn'd me yesterday!!... I left my msn window open last night, I promise I wasn't around.