Scorsese has given us an angry Christ, a bumbling Christ, a Christ more of this world than the next.' This depiction defies the teachings of the Gospels where Jesus is not a simple man chosen by God to become humanity's savior but is already the Messiah from birth. In Luke 2:11, the angels proclaim, 'For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Bosco of New York commented on this unfavorable characterization of Jesus in the Los Angeles Times: 'I looked in vain for the message of love. You want to know who my mother and father is? You want to know who my God is? Fear! You look inside me and that's all you'll find.'Ĭonservatives took issue with the fact that their savior Jesus Christ was portrayed as just another worldly sinner begging for forgiveness. Bishop Anthony G. I want to rebel against you, against everything, against God, but I'm afraid. I don't steal, I don't fight, I don't kill - not because I don't want to - but because I'm afraid. I don't ever tell the truth, I don't have the courage. 'I'm a liar, a hypocrite I'm afraid of everything.
