![]() ![]() “So pagan religion, the way it would work is you would give something to the god, like gold or something like that, and say, ‘Hey, I’ll give you this present if you give me the thing I want.’ That’s called votive religion, and that’s not really the way Jewish religion worked. So that actually calls into question the original claim that there ever was a body to begin with.” … So it’s funny that the movie itself is kind of a refutation of the Bible, because it’s showing what would have happened, and when we look at the first history of the early church, it didn’t happen. But that doesn’t happen in the Book of Acts. They would be hauling people in just like they depict in the movie. Someone’s claiming this escaped convict is alive again and giving orders.’ They would be doing a massive manhunt. The Romans aren’t saying, ‘Someone just committed the capital crime of the theft of this body. “You look at the Book of Acts and there is no manhunt. And check out some highlights from the discussion below. Listen to our complete interview with Richard Carrier and Dan Barker in Episode 192 of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy (above). “Even if they had a whole preachy gospel thing at the end, I would still recommend it to atheists had the last half been well-written, but it just wasn’t.” “Had it kept up the writing that was in the first half of the film, I would totally recommend it,” he says. But as it stands he thinks the film is unlikely to appeal to non-Christians. It felt like no one really cared.”Ĭarrier thinks Risen should have downplayed the supernatural aspects of the story, which might have introduced some much-needed suspense. And three of them were really old people. “There were five people in the theater, including me. “I saw the movie on opening night in Madison, Wisconsin,” he says. He doubts that Risen will generate much enthusiasm among filmgoers. So I think that pretty much summed up the ending for me.” Here’s all these bats flying in your face right after Jesus is blessing his disciples. “It seems to me that maybe it was saying, ‘Isn’t this a batty movie?'” he says. While he enjoyed the mystery and thriller aspects of the story, he was baffled by certain scenes, such as the random appearance of a cloud of bats. ![]() The movie set for an Easter 2015 release.He found the early sections of the film engaging, but was less taken with the second half, which grows increasingly aimless and nonsensical. Described as a historical movie with a Gladiator tone, the centurion’s view on Jesus shifts through his encounters with the Apostles and other people who surrounded Jesus’ life. While the centurion appointed by Pontius Pilate originally set out to prove the fallacy of claims that Jesus had indeed risen from the dead, all for the purpose of staving off a Jewish uprising in Jerusalem, the movie will take the soldier through 40 days of investigation into Jesus’ life. Follow Kevin Reynolds - who teamed with Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and helmed the History Channel’s wildly popular miniseries Hatfields & McCoys - will direct a feature film called Resurrection.Īccording to a story in the Hollywood Reporter, the LD Entertainment movie will chronicle the 40 days between Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the tomb and his ascension to Heaven - from the point of view of a Roman centurion charged with finding Jesus’ body to quell the intrigue surrounding Christ’s resurrection. ![]()
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