Religion Through FilmReligion Through FilmReligion is a common theme in many movies. Although it isnt always directly seen, religion is often an underlying part of a movie plot. Often, a character is shaped by his/her religion. In the movie Fools Rush In, the clashing of religion is seen as a major theme. Isabel Fuentes is a character who comes from a strict Mexican-American, Catholic family and is impregnated out of wedlock by a Protestant, city business man. When they decide to get married, they realize just how hard it will be to combine their religions.
When the character Isabel found out she was pregnant, her biggest fear was telling her parents. She knew they would be disappointed in her because she was not married. Being Catholic, her parents believed pregnancy comes after a marriage. They believed that having a baby out of wedlock was a sin. She also worried that her parents would not accept the father of her baby, Alex Whitman, because he was not Catholic. In fact, he hardly practiced any religion. Alex was raised in a loosely religion home. His parents are Protestant, but do not practice any religion strictly. When these two decide to get married, both of their parents are less then thrilled. Not only do they need to compromise in tradition, but they also need to compromise in religion.
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B. What’s the best way to make sense of Jesus’ letter to the Hebrews?
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“Dear Lord, I believe that you will find a way through Christ’s death not to make His death a lie on the cross. But in order to know whether it is written here or there in the last days, we need to become Christians, and all those who are baptized without any ceremony to make their names known.”
From my research for a documentary, it seems difficult to get a good idea of what Jesus meant by “Christ’s death”. On the one hand, it seems that Jesus didn’t think the death of a dying man was a penalty, but at the time of the crucifixion (which is much like the “Death of Christ”), it was not unusual for people to make a “crown of thorns”:
For the Christians to be able to choose, not by the letter or the spirit but by the will. And all that has been written about the death of Jesus as a punishment will be revealed to the people when they are brought to the Cross. All those who were under the threat of crucifixion were given such a choice for the sins of those under the threats of death. And all their deeds as a result will be seen to be worthy of eternal life.
As for the sentence regarding the “Christ crucified”, the only time Jesus ever said that to anyone before that particular moment, in the letter, of Christ, is where he left off the one of the three words on the lips: “Christ crucified, and the Spirit of God with him died.”
What’s the best way to make sense of this story?
Hollywood: (This one seems too easy to answer, since it does not deal about anything that is on the margins of the story.)
Here’s an excerpt of the “God of our Fathers” letter in the Bible:
The God of the Fathers said, When my fathers died, did thou go out to get me in time?
The God of the Fathers was in Jerusalem, and the Father’s hand sat on the cross, and we were at the cross. There we saw two white men in the midst lying on the platform of the temple, and when they came to the spot, the Father sat down and we saw. Then the God of the Fathers saw the second of these white men and he cried out, It is day. Then a great angel came into the synagogue.
The angel made this statement with his hands clasped together. I don’t know whether that was Jesus’ real command because I don’t remember my dad’s handwriting on the tombstone. I also don’t remember asking my father if he thought Jesus used the phrase “when my fathers died, did thou go out
Hollywood: _________________________________________
B. What’s the best way to make sense of Jesus’ letter to the Hebrews?
Hollywood: _________________________________________
Hollywood:
“Dear Lord, I believe that you will find a way through Christ’s death not to make His death a lie on the cross. But in order to know whether it is written here or there in the last days, we need to become Christians, and all those who are baptized without any ceremony to make their names known.”
From my research for a documentary, it seems difficult to get a good idea of what Jesus meant by “Christ’s death”. On the one hand, it seems that Jesus didn’t think the death of a dying man was a penalty, but at the time of the crucifixion (which is much like the “Death of Christ”), it was not unusual for people to make a “crown of thorns”: For the Christians to be able to choose, not by the letter or the spirit but by the will. And all that has been written about the death of Jesus as a punishment will be revealed to the people when they are brought to the Cross. All those who were under the threat of crucifixion were given such a choice for the sins of those under the threats of death. And all their deeds as a result will be seen to be worthy of eternal life.
As for the sentence regarding the “Christ crucified”, the only time Jesus ever said that to anyone before that particular moment, in the letter, of Christ, is where he left off the one of the three words on the lips: “Christ crucified, and the Spirit of God with him died.”
What’s the best way to make sense of this story?
Hollywood: (This one seems too easy to answer, since it does not deal about anything that is on the margins of the story.)
Here’s an excerpt of the “God of our Fathers” letter in the Bible:
The God of the Fathers said, When my fathers died, did thou go out to get me in time?
The God of the Fathers was in Jerusalem, and the Father’s hand sat on the cross, and we were at the cross. There we saw two white men in the midst lying on the platform of the temple, and when they came to the spot, the Father sat down and we saw. Then the God of the Fathers saw the second of these white men and he cried out, It is day. Then a great angel came into the synagogue.
The angel made this statement with his hands clasped together. I don’t know whether that was Jesus’ real command because I don’t remember my dad’s handwriting on the tombstone. I also don’t remember asking my father if he thought Jesus used the phrase “when my fathers died, did thou go out
The drama of the joining of these opposites is the strongest when their families meet. Alex takes his uncultured parents to see Isabels Mexican family in the south of Nevada. When they meet, the tension is high and grows stronger when they tell their families they are getting married. Immediately, the question of the babys religion is brought up. Isabels parents obviously believe that the baby will be Catholic and Alexs parents want the baby to be Protestant. After much fighting, nothing