(July 17, 2017 at 10:34 am)Dropship Wrote: whose side are atheists on, Jesus or the priests?No one atheist can speak for "atheists" as we're not an ideology. We have different reasons for not believing (for example)* that Jesus was god.
Not believing in Jesus means we can't be "against" him. He's imaginary. That's our issue. Not necessarily with the plotline or character development of the mythos.
In this particular case I am rooting for the Jesus character, except that of course his performance is uneven. He might be denouncing religious assholes in one scene, and irritably cursing a fig tree for not providing him fruit, despite that it's not even the season for figs, in the next scene. He speaks favorably of love and empathy and yet doesn't denounce slavery or affirm women as something more than chattel.
At the end of the day Jesus is a product of his times, leading from behind. Nothing terribly appealing here in the 21st century.
* Remember, atheists don't JUST disbelieve in YOUR deity. By definition they don't believe in ANY deity.
