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...might remember that Jesus was spirit made flesh, one might emphasize, contrary to Whitman, His incarnation over His sacrifice. To speak on Peninsula's own terms, one might advise Whitman that it is better to live a Christ-like life than to die for a cause. Religion is not nearly so far off from earthly cynicism as Whitman would have us believe...
...press. But speaking from the front seat of the Lincoln parked in the rain-drenched gravel of a country-store parking lot near the settlement, Millar says he would welcome Howe back. "It was not unusual for unstable people to seek us out," he says. "The Church of Jesus Christ exists for such people." And so, apparently, does Elohim City. --With reporting by Patrick E. Cole/Tulsa and Elaine Shannon/Washington
...cliche used to be that if Christ came back to earth in modern times, he would be either actively scorned or passively ignored by a population lost to materialism. That, of course, was before the talk shows and tabloids began directing the spiritual lives of simple, yearning souls. Nowadays, in his innocence, a Christ figure would be ripe for cheezoid exploitation...
...band's controversial new album, Antichrist Superstar, a takeoff on Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1971 stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar, is a scathing social critique dressed up as a morbid rock opera. It portrays the rise of a supernatural demagogue who seizes power and leads the world to destruction. The album's 16 songs, including Tourniquet (which is getting steady play on MTV), wallow in nightmarish, frequently X-rated scenarios of occultism, suicide, torture, greed and mindless celebrity worship. "I'm so all-American I'd sell you suicide," Manson snarls over the sound of jackhammering drums and the buzz...
MOVIES . . . TOUCH: Writer-director Paul Schrader's sly and nicely understated adaptation of novelist Elmore Leonard's 'Touch' is the story of Juvenal, a Christ figure who has adapted to the modern era. Played by Skeet Ulrich, he has done time in the wilderness, suffers the stigmata and can cure the incurable by the laying on of hands. Otherwise, though, he's a cool dude. He likes girls, shows no particular interest in spreading any sort of gospel and turns a politely bemused face toward the hustlers and lowlifes who swarm around when word of his preternatural healing gifts starts...