Pushy protest at show missed the point

I RESPOND to Donal O’Donovan’s letter (The Irish Examiner, April 15) regarding the protest outside a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar at Cork Opera House. I wish to comment on some points made

I was raised as a Catholic with a firm Catholic education and so I am well aware of the Christian doctrine. My bafflement at the protest is not due to ignorance of the religion concerned.

The musical portrays Jesus as a good, kind person who gave of his time to all those in need. According to the musical he was humble, caring and anti-violence. It portrays Jesus as human, which he was. Does this bear no relation to Christian Churches’ teachings? Jesus’s part of the world was stricken with violence and struggles for power, as it is today.