Apparently, a lot of people are unhappy with Saturday Night Live's parody Djesus Uncrossed. Here is the short:
The truly ironic thing is that this is not satire; the entirety of the final book of the New Testament is a Tarantino-esque revenge fantasy starring Jesus as the violent militarist. (I had argued this recently, and Mark Silk says it again here.) "No more Mr. Nice-Jesus" indeed! It makes one wonder whether some folks are actually reading their Bibles.
The truly ironic thing is that this is not satire; the entirety of the final book of the New Testament is a Tarantino-esque revenge fantasy starring Jesus as the violent militarist. (I had argued this recently, and Mark Silk says it again here.) "No more Mr. Nice-Jesus" indeed! It makes one wonder whether some folks are actually reading their Bibles.
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