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To: Sir Valentino
In *NO* way do I consider it inappropriate for my daughter Tobi (age 6), and I will be taking her to see it this weekend.

If I were you, I wouldn't. When I was 6, I went to a Sunday school class where the teacher delighted in showing us kids hideous torturous pictures of Christ's agony -- the crown of thorns, the blood through the hands, etc. etc. We were told that God did this out of love for us. I jumped up screaming and ran to the door, sobbing -- if that's the case, I didn't want God to Love me!

I was inconsolable. The reaction I had was so visceral, my parents had to be collected during the service. I've only been inside a Church a couple of times since then. I do not now nor ever will comprehend love=tortuous hideous death.

I don't plan to see the movie, but as I mentioned, I have a soft stomach for violence (haven't seen Braveheart, and had to walk out of Dances With Wolves.)

Let your 6 year old grow up first.

75 posted on 02/25/2004 3:22:23 PM PST by MrsEmmaPeel
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To: MrsEmmaPeel
Never say never; please do not close the Holy Spirit out of your life, because there will be no other way out of sin. The hideousness was the logical outcome of suffering. The hideousness was undergone by God willingly. Nobody forced God to do this - He being omnipotent could have refused. God did not refuse.
84 posted on 02/29/2004 7:59:07 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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