Posted on 02/25/2004 1:17:50 AM PST by dansangel
Yes, that's how the Vikings slowly "calmed" down. They were converted by the people they themselves had conquered. (We did a long study on the Vikings this year). Just wait until you have kids and you homeschool them. You'll learn so much right along side them.
Nighty nite !Hey ! That guy that posted that vanity/rant against "The Passion" movie ?
I think I might be up for going to see it now !
As I posted to him, I don't go see movies hardly at all.
But every now and then I will. This could be the one ...
I *so* urge you to do it, ((((Meekie)))))
[sigh] - As you can see I haven'y made it off the 'Net yet....*Must* pull the plug soon - LOL!
I'm still here, sweet (((Lady))) - I can't seem to shut down - getting over a migraine which tends to make my brain race and I can't get the Passion out of my head.....
I have a feeling I know how they are going to react. There were over 200 of us last night that left the theater in pretty much the same shape. I'm looking forward to seeing it again this Sunday. My migraine didn't prevent me from seeing any of the movie last night, but I think I will be able to process what I see much better pain-free.
OK, this time I *will* pull the plug. Good night and God Bless.
Oh ! Yeah, I wasn't expecting a reply until tomorrow morning or so ! ;^)I just might go !
I just got home from seeing The Passion. First thing is Wow! I am still stunned and will be for days.
The hardest thing to watch is the brutal whipping Christ received.
But, I have known about the Crucification of Christ since I was a child in Sunday school. But has a Pastor or Priest ever really described to any of us how bad He was beaten.
We have pretty much seen and heard the sanitized version. Christ was beaten, mocked, scorged, spit on, whipped and hit with rocks. It is difficult for us to picture in our minds the utter brutality of the truth of it. In Proverbs it says Christ was beaten beyond recognition.
He was nailed to a wooden cross thru the hands and feet. Can anyone honestly say they have seen a spike driven thru live flesh, I have seen some brutal things done with nails and nail guns in my 30 years as a carpenter. I have hit myself with a hammer, shot nails in my skin and it is not a pretty sight and it is extremely pain full.
If we all can siit and read about the Crusifiction and realize exactly what all those words mean, we could understand that Christ took on the Sins of the World, that thru him we would have everlasting life. I cried, I had to, I had to see how bad it may have been for him to realize the impact of what He did for us.
The film is Biblical, true to the testament with a little of poetic license.
My body hurt when the Cross was lifted up into place with Christ nailed to it. When the Cross hit the bottom of that hole it hit with a force that would have been unbearable for us.
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I have an inkling of the impact, having seen the beautiful production at PTL of the Passion Play in te early 1980's. Their outdoor ampitheater was full-sized, and the cast of hundreds portrayed it very realistically. I wanted to run down and snatch the whip from the hand of the Roman, so powerful was it.
The sound effects of the thunder rolling across the area when he died on the cross penetrated your very soul.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share this, and for all the things you bring to us, Rus.
You won't. Tomorrow sometime will be fine!
Well Dansy, Here it is......................
My humble review
February 26, 2004
During the course of my lifetime, spanning some 54 years thus far, I have never seen a film that has affected me as The Passion Of Christ has done.
I thought I knew what it was all about, and I thought that I had the requisite understanding of the pain and sacrifice that Jesus had suffered and made in all our names.
I was prepared to see the film, had read the reviews and had even read the naysayers accounts of their varied objections to what Mel Gibson had created. Oh yes, I was the self appointed expert on what I had understood to be the “truth".
I had lived my life to best of my ability in a way that I thought God wanted and I had listened intently to fellow Christians as they witnessed their faith and had even read the Scriptures and marveled at their contents.
Well, there is the setup, and now comes the story…………
I knew in my heart that something was going to happen to me in some way before I went to see this film. I cannot say why I knew this, but I did. I was not prepared at all for what did occur, and I never suspected the profound influence that this wonderful movie would have on me. This may sound a bit foolish to some of you who have known the truth that I discovered only last night, but I must write this and admit my ignorance of so many years.
Previously, I knew that Jesus gave his life for ALL our sins. I repeated this fact often and I thought I understood all that needed to be understood. Or, so I thought.
But, I learned that he had in fact died for ME!
So simple, yet so profound. The simplest things are so often the most important of all.
A concept that has eluded me all these years that I could never quite get a handle on, I now have my arms wrapped around it, and have embraced it fully.
My relationship with Jesus is now a personal one, more so than I ever thought possible. It is no longer in the second or third person as I had understood it before. I feel like a fool. I feel like a man who went to bed with a cancer and woke up cured and healthy. How or why I did not understand this concept before is totally beyond me.
In my humble opinion, I believe to be one of the driving forces behind the making of this film and the reason that Gibson had to make and share it with all of us.
The critics, the naysayers, the haters, the fearful and the voluminous publicity that this film has received is now but a footnote to me. I want to thank Mel Gibson for helping me to see the TRUTH and I believe that many, many others who like me were missing this important truth will find it in this fantastic presentation.
I was feeling a bit out of left field after this movie because of the intense joy I was experiencing....and I kept thinking what is wrong with me that I feel such happiness and when I read your words about how Christ really died for ME - that's exactly it.
God Bless you for sharing this insight. It's so humbling yet so uplifting at the same time.
Wanted to say again what a beautiful opening and all the posts on this thread. Thanks to all who shared their feelings, thoughts, and photos. It's nice to see so many new names here.
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