The Nativity or birth of Brian1. Describe the scene2. In the scene it is made clear

that Brian is not the Messiah as the three kings go to the ‘real nativity’ shortly after visiting Brian. At the time that the film was originally released, Christians were offended by it. Why would they still be offended when the film made it clear from the outset that Brian was NOT Jesus?

The Crucifixion1. Describe the scene2. For many Christians, and,

possibly for Jesus himself, the crucifixion is/was one of the important aspects of their faith. How do you imagine a Christian would feel watching this scene and why would they feel that way.

Film makers should be banned from making films that might insult religious people” Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer and show at least one other point of view. 6AE

Word association

• Write down as many words that spring to your mind when you think of these things:

FALKIRK

SCOTLAND

FAMILY

• On a new page - make a spider diagram – write as many words that you can think of that are associated with the word ‘GOD’

God?

Today we will:• look at what we

understand about God just now.

• How people over the world and time have imagined God.

What does God look like?

Write down as many ‘images’ of God that you can think of. (2 minutes)

Looking for GodHow do different

people explain what God is like?

Watch the video and write down any description that you hear of what people think God is like.

In your jotter draw a picture of what you thought that God looked like when you were 5

God?

Picturing God

• Old man in the clouds?

• White clothes?• Crown?• Giant?• beard?• a throne?

Task: With your partner, write down why you think people always picture God with each of these descriptions. Why does he have white clothes? etc

What is a symbol?

TASK TWO

Choose two of the examples below and write what you think it really means.

He has kicked the bucket

Dan eats like a horse

Pat is a pain in the neck

WORDS AS PICTURES

TASK ONE: COPY INTO JOTTER

Often people use words as pictures. They say things that shouldn’t be taken literally – instead they are trying to paint a picture to get a point across.

TASK THREE: COPY INTO JOTTER

God is really hard to understand, so people use symbolic language to

talk about God and to help us understand more about his

character, personality and nature.

Ancient ideas and pictures of gods

• Thor, Isis, Re, Yahweh, Apollo, Diana, Zeus, Baal, Freyr....etc

If God had a name….

Watch the video clip and summarise what it wants people to think about.

Think…

• If someone said to you ‘Where is God?’

• What would your first reaction be?

Why do people point to the sky?

• Do they really believe that God is in the clouds?

How did people picture the world thousands of years ago?

Heaven

Earth

Hell

1

2

3

But really

God as magical rescuer?• Some people

treat God as though He were a rescuer.

• When they are in trouble, they shout out to God for help.

• For the rest of the time they ignore Him.

God as a policeman in the sky?

• God can also be seen as an all seeing policeman.

• It’s a matter of being good. If you’re not good, you will be punished!

God as an old man in the sky?

• Some people believe that ’He’s up there somewhere’.

• They believe that He must be old as He has been around since the beginning of time.

• This poses a couple of questions:

• Is God a person? • How can that be?• Why do we think of

God as a person, and more specifically as a ‘He’?

God as a powerful force?

• Because you cannot see God, some people believe that it is a force.

• They describe this force as a wind.

• You only know that God exists by the effect that God has – like the wind on waves of the sea.

My Parents

• Read the poem through and try the 6 questions

TASK

• Read pg 5-12 in the Looking for God comic book.

• Answer questions• Page 8 q2• Page 10 q1• Page 12 qs 2+3

God is a spirit

Read pages 13 – 16Answer questions P14 q2P16 qs 1+2