Jesus actor struck by lightning

okay. this is weird.. the assistant director, Michelini, has been struck twice now during filming.

maybe this is a sign from above???

lightening is what people usually look for.

the same guy has been hit twice in a row -- either he is a lightening rod, or someone "up there" is trying to get his attention.

there has been quite a bit of controversy because the film, focusing on the last few hours of Jesus' life, apparently paints Jews in a bad light.

what else is new??? any time there is a depiction of the crucifixion, it always comes back to "the jews killed jesus" -- which just fuels anti-semitism in christians.

I was starting to believe that christianity had moved beyond this insanity, but apparently never for long.

for those of you who still think "the jews" killed jesus, let me clarify a few things:

1. Jesus was a jew.
2. it wasn't "the jews" as a whole who asked Pilot to crucify -- it was a handful of illegitimate priests who had been installed in the Temple during Herod's time.
3. the illegitimacy of the priests in the Temple was one of Jesus' big issues -- hence the running around overturning the merchant's tables.
4. the legitimate priests were all hiding out in Qumran -- hence the Dead Sea Scrolls (I must note that not everyone believes my claim here. But, having done my thesis research on the matter, I feel quite confident that the Dead Sea Scrolls were the personal scroll collections of the priests who were evicted by Herod, and not the Essenes).