did this movie offened most christians??

The movie and the Album came out when I was a teenager.

I think for most of us young christians it was a blessing. It showed the faith in a modern light and also allowed us to discuss what the life, death and resurrection of Jesus really meant. It's summed up by "Jesus Christ, who are you what have you sacrificed?" We needed to undestand and discuss that.

I bought the album, my church took a trip to see the Broadway show and I made my Dad take me to the movie. Even today, on Easter Sunday we watch the Glenn Carter (2000) version after church.

Many were offended. There's no clear resurrection, Jesus divinity is not established, Jesus doubts, the piece is focused around Judas' perspective of Holy Week, In the Bible, Pilate didn't have a dream, his wife did, there are sacrilegious or goofy lyrics on occassion. Some wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole, but we thought it was cool. It kept me going in the faith.

The older crowd was looking for a pious presentation of the Son of God like they had gotten with movies like The Greatest Story Ever Told or the Robe.

That's not JCSS.

I am Christian, and I absolutely love this movie. The soundtrack is amazing, the acting is not only fun, but it is also convincing. When I first saw this movie when I was younger (and not at all religious) I considered it a blessing. My stepmother first showed it to me, and to be honest I always felt uncomfortable about her strong faith and being born again, but I really think this movie was a blessing. It was entertaining and also enlightening. I saw it when I was in middle school, and did not get "saved" until I was about 19, but it definately shined some light on a lot of my unasked questions. And again, the soundtrack is SO GOOD!!

Just the really stupid ones, which I would guess is about half of them.

It offends some, but not others.

My wife and I are both Christians, and we love the movie. But we do know people who were offended.

We got to see the musical when it came to Spokane several years ago, and there was a group of pastors and nuns outside the theater protesting. One of the pastors from our church was sitting right behind us, and we could certainly tell that he was offended. He refused to even applaud at the end.

Although this movie/stageshow contains just about every ethnic slur that one can think of; insulting whites, blacks, women, christians, jews (just to mention a few), it was the most popular broadway play of its time, and ran a long time in my town, Chicago in the early 70's. At that time I was 26 years old.

The music is masterful, but the lyrics sometimes made me cringe. The way it poked fun at the military did not help our soldiers who were dying by the hundreds...daily....in Viet Nam. The song..."Christians in *beep* Its A Crazy Little War" set us all back 100 years.

I am no longer a Christian, though as a child I was brought up as one. I started listening to JCS when i was 8 years old and really enjoyed it, i guess i never thought about how some Christians may be offended by it. Anyway, my mum didn't like it very much, never quite worked out why.

Not at all, except for when the sick were all trying to get Jesus to heal them, and he gets all overwhelmed and says "There is not enough of me!" That was not Biblically accurate. But that's basically it so far. It is an awesome flick. And of course Ted's hair and rock star voice were great.

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No. And I LOVE the music and lyrics which are a witty update of how biblical characters might speak in modern terms. A LOT of it isn't biblical.