I saw Kingdom of Heaven last night. Cinematically, I enjoyed it. I've never been to the Middle East, and so the landscapes were wild and strange and beautiful. Orlando Bloom did an excellent job. The king (whose face one never sees) is played by Edward Norton, which I sadly did not realize until afterward. Emotionally, I was moved to tears and my soul ached as the war-mongers gathered their troops with the cry "God wills it." What affected me the most was the spiritual implications that I have already been wrestling with. Ideas about the separation of church and state and do I value that above even my church leading the state; is our current war really a result of a sincere desire to help people and do what is right, or is it economic convenience on a convenient platform; and, are there many paths to God or just one. I believe Christ's teachings of "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except by me," but how do I reconcile that with the Eastern religions that are full of committed, devout, pious, good people. If I allow for that, how can I still believe in moral absolutes?
Well, those are some of the issues the film raised for me; I'm curious to see how others react to it.
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