As for the fictional character angle, Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar remind me so strongly of men I know, and then with their relationship so intensely shown in the movie, my feelings towards the characters, and their respective actors would be extremely complex. It is a testimony for the actors skill in their craft that happened. I approached the movie assuming 'Jack' would remind me of an old boyfriend, and 'Ennis' would be myself. I came out of the movie, despite my presupposition, with 'Ennis' strongly portraying a married man I know in Wisconsin (GASP!!) and 'Jack' stunningly reminded me of me. It was quite a jolt.
I'd say scripture has sufficient (if mutually inconsistent) detail about Jesus that someone might feel they know him well enough to develop a romantic love for the man. (as for the religious brotherhood love thing, I am not addressing that now) I'm thinking the romantic love for Jesus would probably be discouraged, in general, at most christian churches, but on a case by case basis, there might be some pastors or congregations willing to indulge a wealthy patron bitten by the love bug.
I'd say scripture has sufficient (if mutually inconsistent) detail about Jesus that someone might feel they know him well enough to develop a romantic love for the man. (as for the religious brotherhood love thing, I am not addressing that now) I'm thinking the romantic love for Jesus would probably be discouraged, in general, at most christian churches, but on a case by case basis, there might be some pastors or congregations willing to indulge a wealthy patron bitten by the love bug.
