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| − | + | "The real God is greater than any man's thought can imagine. He made life as deep and strong as the sea. Your gods are as shallow as a reeking pond. He's above us, and around us; in us, like the breath in our bodies. And he has one law that we break at our peril: the law is love. Whatever we do that breaks that law condemns us. And so that we should see what his love is, he sent his son, to live the life of a man. To show that God understands the life he has made. Tomorrow in the arena, show the emperor that we know what life is worth. Throw away your weapons. Do you think all the things of the earth and the heavens have been made for no other reason except that we shoulde eat and make money and spawn children and kill and die? What a purpose for creation! If anything is beyond belief, that is." -- Character of Sahek in the Movie Barabbas (1961) | |
Revision as of 21:13, 27 June 2009
"The real God is greater than any man's thought can imagine. He made life as deep and strong as the sea. Your gods are as shallow as a reeking pond. He's above us, and around us; in us, like the breath in our bodies. And he has one law that we break at our peril: the law is love. Whatever we do that breaks that law condemns us. And so that we should see what his love is, he sent his son, to live the life of a man. To show that God understands the life he has made. Tomorrow in the arena, show the emperor that we know what life is worth. Throw away your weapons. Do you think all the things of the earth and the heavens have been made for no other reason except that we shoulde eat and make money and spawn children and kill and die? What a purpose for creation! If anything is beyond belief, that is." -- Character of Sahek in the Movie Barabbas (1961)
