Gibson's 'Passion' is devastating, uplifting

Los Angeles Daily News ^ | 2.26.04 | Chris Weinkopf

[MEG33]

A wonderful review.

[Psalm 73]

I saw it last night (Thursday) with two hundred from my church family, then we went back to the church for praise and worship (and decompression).
I had two main impressions:
1) A (potentially) great tool for evangelizing.
3) A great preparation for the comming dark days of persecution of the remnant church of Jesus Christ on the earth. (Oh, it IS comming, and it's going to get REAL nasty).

Also, it dispels the notion that evil is just a "concept" and not related to any real entity. Satan is real, and he is after our hearts.

[AmericaUnited]

It was His sinless life, not His gruesome death, that saved us.

Absolutely off the mark. If this was so, Jesus would just have needed to live a full life of 70+ years sinless, and then die peacefully. It was the death/sacrifice of a sinless life that saved us. Blood had to be shed to make atonement for sin. Anyone who claims otherwise simply has no understanding.

[KeyWest]

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[gww1210]

I tried posting an answer to you a moment ago, but it appeared in another thread! grr... (sorry) Let me try again!

Here's my reply:

Gordon W. Watts aka Gww1210, a quote: "It was His sinless life, not His gruesome death, that saved us."

AmericanInited answers me here: Absolutely off the mark. If this was so, Jesus would just have needed to live a full life of 70+ years sinless, and then die peacefully. It was the death/sacrifice of a sinless life that saved us. Blood had to be shed to make atonement for sin. Anyone who claims otherwise simply has no understanding.

To: AmericaUnited
You may be right: Remember I am only human.

Gww1210 replies: However, the point I was making (whether I got it right or not) was that it was the entire package that was needed for our salvation (birth, spottless life for an example, death, ressurection, assention to be our righterous Advocate, as First John 2:1 says, etc.)

I.e., The shed blood and death alone was not enough -or else he woulda done that as soon as being born!

Gordon Wayne Watts

[mombonn]

. . ."The Passion" isn't meant to appeal to our morbid fascinations, but to horrify us with the ugliness and the brutality of the sins we commit every day.
It explicitly documents the evilness of men in this, a culture that often denies the existence of evil.

Amen.

[Aquinasfan]

Wonderful, accurate review.

[Aquinasfan]

Catholic bishops and priests who have already had an opportunity to see the movie say it is one of the best cinema productions ever.

They're wrong. It's the best cinema production ever. 8-)

[SpookBrat]

Awesome news. Ping me when it comes out and tell us about it please.

Blessings.

[AlbionGirl]

You may be agnostic, but you have the heart of a lion.

Your erudite and sustained defense of The Passion is most admirable and very moving.

[js1138]

"The Passion" isn't meant to appeal to our morbid fascinations, but to horrify us with the ugliness and the brutality of the sins we commit every day.

I suspect this is what bugs Hollywood. A depiction of violence that is ugly rather than amusing or entertaining. In a world of Kill Bills and Pulp Fictions, we can't have that. Might dry up the money machine.

[Mr. Buzzcut]

This was no angry mob out to launch a pogrom. Hardly.

Guess he wasn't in the same audience as Maureen Dowdy.

Ms. Buzzcut and I plan to see it on Good Friday.

[votelife]

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[dixiechick2000]

Wonderful, ambrose!

Thanks for the ping, onyx.

It is as it was bump!

[glaux]

I think you are absolutely right. In most movies, including Mel's earlier films, violence was meant for our pleasure, our titillation, our need to exact revenge and feel powerful. This film exposes the grotesque reality of violence, stripped and raw.

[nutmeg]

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