Need a recommendation for a movie based on the life of Jesus

[fonzinator]

I'd say one of the more accurate films out there is called "The Jesus Film." It's based straight from the gospel of Luke.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Well, thinking in religious terms, doesn't mean that you have to look at only religious films - take it a step further:

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Dark City - Even though his memory is changed, the main character's identity, or soul, remains intact - which opposes Hume's theory, by the way, and if such a thing as a "soul", an unchanging perfection, exists, you can take a step further and argue that a god exists, whether it be our soul, you know, "we're just one perspective of a single thing" (Spinoza), or god as a singular, independent being reigning from the heavens, or whatnot.

Fight Club - Similar concept - would Tyler have a soul, or is it the same soul as the narrator?

Memento - Because the main character has no memory, would the main character have a soul? And if he did, how would you explain the fact that he is only acting out what is tatooed on his body (especially at the end, he plays a trick on himself)?

I'm a philosophy major, so this is right up my alley. 😉
Have fun!

 

[slycat]

prophecy

 

[datalink7]

Dark City - Even though his memory is changed, the main character's identity, or soul, remains intact - which defeats Hume's theory, by the way, and if such a thing as a "soul", an unchanging perfection, exists, you can take a step further and argue that a god exists, whether it be our soul, you know, "we're just one perspective of a single thing" (Spinoza), or god as a singular, independent being reigning from the heavens, or whatnot.

Great movie, but it hardly "defeats" Hume's theory. Merely opposes it. 🙂

 

[LOLyourFace]

Originally posted by: Jehovah
Well, thinking in religious terms, doesn't mean that you have to look at only religious films - take it a step further:

---SPOILERS---

Dark City - Even though his memory is changed, the main character's identity, or soul, remains intact - which defeats Hume's theory, by the way, and if such a thing as a "soul", an unchanging perfection, exists, you can take a step further and argue that a god exists, whether it be our soul, you know, "we're just one perspective of a single thing" (Spinoza), or god as a singular, independent being reigning from the heavens, or whatnot.

Fight Club - Similar concept - would Tyler have a soul, or is it the same soul as the narrator?

Memento - Because the main character has no memory, would the main character have a soul? And if he did, how would you explain the fact that he is only acting out what is tatooed on his body (especially at the end, he plays a trick on himself)?

I'm a philosophy major, so this is right up my alley. 😉
Have fun!

In that sense, don't forget The Contact. Faith vs Science, and what the scientist (jodie foster) cannot deny despite lack of evidence... One of my fav. movie.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Damn. You're right. *fixed* No wonder I'm at a state school!

😉

 

[przero]

The Jesus Film