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As stated earlier, the film/novel depart substantially from [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]'s account of Jesus' life. First to come to mind is that Jesus, while still capable of miracle working, is a [[God Is Flawed|deeply flawed]] human being, with the same weaknesses and vulnerabilities as everyone else. Secondly, [[Villain Decay|Judas isn't that bad of a guy.]] Instead of outright betraying Jesus, he's practically forced into it by the man himself. Finally, {{spoiler|Jesus wanted to have kids}}.
Yes, you heard right, spoiler readers: in what's probably the major reason this film was protested so heavily when it was released, ''The Last Temptation of Christ'' is simply {{spoiler|the opportunity for Jesus to have a normal life}}. This caused nothing but consternation from the religious groups, as
The film won Scorsese a nomination for best director, but he'd have to wait about 20 years before ''[[The Departed]]'' would finally give it to him.
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