I mentioned the book, "The Master and Margarita". Its just another take on things; splits and mixes the story of Jesus and the Devil, with its own interesting interpretation of these stories. The book is better, kind of hilarious, but the realities it touches on are not. So there's this very flat objective take on things, rather non-religion, more "municipal", but I've added a clip below. The point is that Jesus is portrayed not necessarily as divine, but a charismatic street preacher who causes a riot, a community leader who is busted and legally punished. In fact, only outsiders, criminals, and dark-skinned foreigners were hung on the cross. That it is a symbol of Christianity is merely incidental and based on perceived class status, along with many others before Him. In parts of Africa, it is the storm that ensued immediately during/after that is the symbol for his divinitybecause of its timing, not the structure he was killed on, which was commonly used and seen at their public trials. I find that interesting, as the storm is caused by nature and space and the elements, but the cross is merely man-made...a symbol imbued with a power that the environment actually had a the moment of Jesus' death.
In the end, it came down in this interpretation to a jockeying for mind control over the masses, covered as a crime against the state. Pilot actually admired "Ha Nozri" in the book because he admired smart people, but was bound by law and custom to follow the rules ... but yet the Devil was there, because he's the one recounting the story to a band of atheist Russians who didn't believe in Jesus. Geesh, this doesn't help, and I don't know if the movie adaptations will. Sometimes (and there is no time), you just have to read the book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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