We were watching Kingdom of Heaven last night and I was wondering where the fine line is for these modern times between being watered down and accepting of all forms of behavior and everything from everyone in the name of peace, and Zealously committing vile acts upon others in the name of Righteousness.
But that was as far as deep thought went for the night as I had to go to bed.
But now, as I am recovering from a very busy day at work my mind wanders back to that thought. I was raised very traditional, and if something wasn't black and white.....well it should be. While not rejecting that nugget of sentiment my mind wonders about the main charecter of the film. He appears more "Christian" than the most Zealous of the lot. Yet I did notice while he refused to do no harm to his enemies, he had no problem with sleeping with another mans wife. I saw the justification in the scene as the charecters start warming up to eachother...."well, it was an arranged marriage." "well she is not really happy."
The woman even feels the need to justify her actions as she saunters into hsi bedroom. "I am not evil." she says. Well, why would she have to say it?
Now, I do nto dislike the charecters, nor do I have a deep Christian need to smite them down to the very deapths of their soul. Mmmmmm....nah. I'd rather have a sandwitch, discuss with them about their duties and responsabilities as spouses, and then have a nap. Is this apathetic of sin? Permissive of sin? Who has it right? The Catholics who prefer to excommunicate the unrepentant sinner (even Lutherans have a tendancy to deny communion to those unrepentant) and the Methodists tend to Love the sinner and forget the sin ever happened, to the point where the purpose of Law, to protect innocents, is lost in an atmosphere of ungrounded and unfounded universal acceptance. Is this what the film was after? Christian, or Muslim, it is peace that is God?......umm...I mean Good?....
...or do I mean God?
Friday, May 30, 2008
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