There is only rationality in the world, and those seemingly emotional actions are only because the existing logic and language cannot describe the reasons, and the trillions of neurons in the human brain have already made judgments. Therefore, those sensibilities are only rationalities yet to be explained.
Pasolini, a Communist, gay, and atheist, made a religious film considered by religious groups to be the most faithful to the spirit of Christ. At the same time irony, it makes people ponder... Because he always re-examines "religion", a political and cultural phenomenon that has lasted for thousands of years, with scientific rationality and philosophical sensibility. The lines of the film are taken from the Bible, and the signifier and the signified in the Bible have been separated, and most words no longer refer to their original meanings, but metaphors. It's just pointing the way, not providing answers.
In the film, the only thing he wants to explore and re-examine is the highest doctrine of religion - truth. The "truth" as a linguistic sign, when science dominates and God is dead, the truth still exists, but its signification has been transformed - it has been transformed from the word of God to the absolute reason of science and philosophy - in In this obvious and amazing transformation, the old words of the Bible can still be applied in the new context and correctly guide people on the new path - this is the greatness of the Bible, and it is also Pasoli What Ni wanted to convey in the film. In the way of communication, he does not need to add new annotations to the Bible in the new era, but is extremely faithful to the original appearance of the Bible, so that he can fully express everything, which reflects the greatness of the Bible. Pasolini saw this and practiced this principle throughout the film, which also reflects Pasolini's greatness.
1. Only beautiful things can make me bow my head. Man should not bow his noble head to anything but truth.
2. "I have come to bring a sword not peace. I have not brought peace but a sword
I have come to set a man against his father
and a daughter against her mother
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
A man's enemies will include members of his own family.
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not fit to follow me
or anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Cut off the fetters of rotten relatives and friends. Kinship was born at the beginning of human civilization. For the continuation of civilization, it is necessary to cut off rot. As Hegel said: A culture that overemphasizes gratitude cannot give birth to democracy, because it cannot establish an equal relationship between people.
3. “If you cling to your life you will lose it
but if you give up your life for me you will find it.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness
because the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you
and speak all manner of evil against you falsely because of me.
Rejoice and be glad a rich reward awaits you in heaven.
For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Jesus symbolizes the truth. To follow the truth, you have to throw your head and shed blood, even at the cost of your life. "Resurrection" means that the spirit of pursuing the truth is infinitely inherited and resurrected in people's hearts.
4.
Leprosy patients are isolated in closed villages, just like in the Middle Ages, the mental patients were sent to the "fool's ship" adrift at sea. The fear of "normal people" about leprosy and some diseases comes from ignorance of science, which leads to the lack of timely treatment and care for patients, and the loss of the ability to work and serve the society, resulting in a vicious circle. Like Foucault's "Madness and Civilization" and Sontag's "Metaphor of Disease", disease is both a medical phenomenon and a sociological phenomenon that challenges human civilization. And Jesus has made it clear: caring rather than indifference, healing without abandoning.
5. pure love
6. Doing good is just to satisfy a deep inner need.
"When you give to the needy
do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret.
Then your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
7.
You have heard it said "An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth."
I tell you do not offer resistance. But I tell you not to take revenge on those who bully you
If a man strikes you on your right cheek turn the other.
8. Fraternity
You have heard it said "Love your neighbour and hate your enemy."
I tell you Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
so that you may be true sons of your Father in heaven
who makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good
his rain fall on the just and on the unjust.
9. Reconcile with yourself and with others.
10.Silence is the voice of God.
When you pray don't use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do.
They think that by being so wordy they will be heard.
You are not to be like them.
10. The truth is always in the hands of the few. What we have been pursuing all our lives is a special and beautiful flower. Gide's "Narrow Gate"
Make your way in by the narrow gate.
It is a broad gate and a wide road that leads to perdition
and those who go that way are many indeed.
How small the gate how narrow the road that leads to life
and how few there are that find it.
11.
One of the meanings of Matthew's Gospel is to decipher what people have misinterpreted in the past, that is, Jesus used his words to redefine the Bible.
12. “a man had two sons
and he asked the first to work in his vineyard that day.
The son refused but relented afterwards and went.
He asked his second son to work in the vineyard. The man said the same to the second son
The son said he would go but did not go.
Which of the two did his father's will? Which of the two did his father's will?"
From this dialogue, we can see Jesus' answer to the fundamental question of philosophy: Is the world material or spiritual? He stands in the former. Compare The Ship of Theseus. Which one is the ship or the sailor's spirit? He stood at the latter again. The essence of religion is philosophy, a philosophy that is more inclined to art. And art embraces all kinds of contradictions. In art, contradictions are not contradictions. It constitutes art itself.
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Redefines the deep meaning of "father" and "teacher": the truth is the father, and the one who imparts the truth is the teacher.
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15.
Woe upon you blind leaders who say
"If a man swears by the temple it means nothing
"but if he swears by the gold in the temple his oath stands."
You blind fools! You blind fools
Which is greater the gold or the temple that consecrates the gold? Which is greater the gold or the temple that consecrates the gold?
And you say "If a man swears by the altar it means nothing
"but if he swears by the gift on the altar his oath stands."
Blind fools! Which is greater the gift or the consecrating altar?
16. Outer and inner
17. Why did Jesus, who possessed divine power, not resist
18. The greatness of Jesus is reflected in his conception of the "heart"; and redefinition of life and death
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