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Why is the latest Jesus movie about, uh, mixed martial arts?

JL;DR SUMMARY The movie "The Carpenter" integrates Jesus with mixed martial arts (MMA), presenting a unique blend of religious and athletic themes. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ReligionFilmChristianityJesusAthleticsMixed Martial ArtsCultural SupremacyMuscular ChristianityThe CarpenterYeshua

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"the closest screening to my apartment in Brooklyn on opening weekend was in Elizabeth, New Jersey."
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
"the closest screening to my apartment in Brooklyn on opening weekend was in Elizabeth, New Jersey."
Nazareth, Central District, Israel
"What if, in his early days as a humble carpenter in Nazareth, before he amassed his 12 disciples or turned water into wine, Jesus befriended a mixed martial arts fighter?"
Jerusalem, Israel
"Oren jogs through the Jerusalem hills and does reps on a makeshift lat machine made out of a boulder and rope strung over a rafter."

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