http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kax-zAJxi-U
I found this video while searching on youtube. The man, I will call him by his username: Shockofgod, is a Christian and I saw a few of his youtube videos discussing his views on Jesus Christ regarding atheists and the gospels. He does not bash atheists but rather questions their beliefs and views in a constructively criticizing way. After posting his videos Shockofgod receives very vicious hate mail from anti-Christians, which he makes note of in this video. I think this is a good example of the media and Jesus Christ. Not necessarily in a sense that the media is misconstruing the image of Jesus Christ, I am trying to show how someone retaliates to someone else's beliefs, through the use of the media, or videos posted on the internet for public view. Shockofgod says he receives hate mail that calls Jesus Christ derogatory names, and he is obviously hurt by it. What's more is that Shockofgod does not hurtfully criticize other beliefs he simply questions them because he wants to understand. Doesn't everyone question people's beliefs all the time? Are they always so incredibly hurtful and personally attacking? Or is it because of our subject: Jesus Christ and the Bible.
It seems non-believers are quick to attack Shockofgod for his beliefs of Jesus Christ and his questions of other faiths. I think perhaps the media assumes Jesus Christ is a figure for open deragatory and careless discussion. Obviously non-believers would not care but if they want respect for their own beliefs they cannot be viciously criticizing others' beliefs. The world would be a whole lot more peaceful if we would accept our differences. Shockofgod made this video I chose to put on here in response to the hate mail he received for his videos. What was interesting that Shockofgod added were some lines from The Beatitudes. The lines he chose were directly reflecting his own problem with non-believers (or just mean people) persecuting him for his thoughts and/or beliefs. Even with the hate mail, Shockofgod sticks by his beliefs and that is how Jesus Christ lived, and died for that matter, died for what he believed in and passively tried to get the world to believe in.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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An interesting exercise would be to look for comparable videos on youtube on Qur'anic readings or other productions showing Muslims in worship, praising Muhammad, and on, and reading the commentary to see if the same kind of things is going on.
ReplyDeleteI can't help but think that Shockofgod's experiences here are comparable to the persecution that early Christians faced; the Hebrew prophets faced (especially Jeremiah); and in fact what Muhammad faced by the Qurayshi. it seems not much has changed.