tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6451658592126967830..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: A world where Genius (and high talent) is evilBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-90345952658010472562012-09-17T19:26:47.642+01:002012-09-17T19:26:47.642+01:00"it must be possible for a Christian to make ..."it must be possible for a Christian to make the case that The Life of Brian was capable of being interpreted as a pro-Christian film."<br /><br />That would require a Christian to ignore the incontrovertible facts that the Pythons were non-believers who made the film in order to mock Christianity and Christians. That the Pythons did this while maintaining a credible semblance of not being "against Jesus" merely reflects their (evil) comic genius.JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-86979951943044773492012-09-17T14:56:41.933+01:002012-09-17T14:56:41.933+01:00"The one thing that LoB did not in any way co..."The one thing that LoB did not in any way countenance was that Jesus really *was* the Son of God": my memory may be faulty, but I have a dim impression that the film did have some nonBrian preaching in the background: presumably he was meant to represent Jesus. I don't remember any opining on whether that Jesus was the SoG.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-77446924262268488112012-09-17T11:13:10.116+01:002012-09-17T11:13:10.116+01:00@d - That case *could* indeed be made - but it was...@d - That case *could* indeed be made - but it wasn't, was it? (And we know it wasn't.) <br /><br />The one thing that LoB did not in any way countenance was that Jesus really *was* the Son of God, because such a possibility was outwith the world view of that movie.<br /><br />So LoB was an example of what I mean: an extremely funny, indeed brilliant, comedy done by a bunch of superbly talented humourists (a couple or more of whom were perhaps 'comic geniuses'). And yet with an effect that was devastatingly subversive of The Good. <br /><br />That's what we are up against! When the best of the best are agin you.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-52652073013196689382012-09-17T10:44:35.057+01:002012-09-17T10:44:35.057+01:00I am not taking the mick when I say that it must b...I am not taking the mick when I say that it must be possible for a Christian to make the case that The Life of Brian was capable of being interpreted as a pro-Christian film.deariemenoreply@blogger.com