Jim West notes a new Jesus film<\/a> building on the old \u201cMary was raped by a Roman soldier named Pantera\u201d tradition. I\u2019ve published an article<\/a> in the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus<\/em> about why I find that historically implausible. But in terms of making a fictional movie<\/a>, it has great potential. I hope they\u2019ll include a scene where a young Jesus decides to vent his community\u2019s frustration against the Romans by attacking a soldier stationed locally. As Jesus struggles with him, and manages to get hold of his sword, Mary pushes through the crowd and shouts \u201cJesus, don\u2019t!\u2026He\u2019s your father<\/em>!\u201d For another fictional depiction of Jesus, try here<\/a>. Or here<\/a>.<\/p>\n C. Orthodoxy has a response to my blog entry about moral absolutism and relativism<\/a>. Ken Schenck tells what he likes about the Enlightenment<\/a>. Also worth a look is the Investigating Atheism web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n Henry Neufeld asks whether creationists are stupid. This is a key question that is asked too often. Plenty of intelligent people are creationists, and a not-insignificant number of those are young-earth creationists or proponents of intelligent design. Treating people as though they are stupid rarely helps the educational process. Many people are misinformed or uninformed, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4563069782219973615?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")