Jesus Portrayed in the Fetal Position by BBC

Should Christians Be Up in Arms?

"The Passion," the BBC's rewriting of the Easter story, shows Jesus Christ being crucified in the fetal position, according to the Daily Mail. Should Christians be angry and upset? I am a Christian, and I will share with you my thinking: it is, of course, sacrilegious. It is an attack on Christ; not as many would say, "free expression."

First, the timing of this event is done at one of the most holiest of seasons with respect to the Christian faith. It detracts from the honor and solemnity of this Easter pageantry.

For anyone who is unaware of what Easter means to the Christian, we believe that man sinned against God by defying His instructions in The Garden of Eden. Instead of leaving mankind in a lost condition and subject to punishment, God sent the Second Member of the Trinity, Jesus Christ to earth to take our punishment by dying on the cross as "God-Man." Jesus Christ was God and gave His earthly life freely and with strength, not fear and weakness which the fetal position portrays.

This is far from the first time that Jesus Christ and Christianity have been attacked through the use of demeaning portrayals. Jesus has been shown to be a homosexual without conscience, a lover to Mary Magdalene, as well as a Chocolate Jesus, and virtually any negative image you can think of; why?

Why does Jesus Christ bring out such hatred? Jesus Christ brings out hatred from men for two reasons; first, He leaves no room in the Bible for any misunderstanding; He says that He is the one and only God. That means, by definition, He calls every other religion false; there is no room in the Christian Doctrine for any discussion or compromise. People like to say, in criticism of Christians, "They think they have all the answers".

It gets worse for mankind. Jesus says in the Bible that there is no man or woman worthy of Heaven or, of even being called "good" without being covered by His Blood. What that comment does is call everyone a sinner and essentially says that even "good people" aren't really "good". It is not surprising then that Jesus Christ is hated and that people take great pleasure in trying to take away His Godly Character.