Creator of film's score 'battled with Satan'

World Net Daily ^ | 2-28-04 | Dan Wooding

[joesbucks]

Like someone said previously, it is the best movie ever made. People are being more than "touched."

No I haven't seen it but I am going to soon.

Please don't take my words in the wrong way. If this movie is truly touching and converting the masses, we should see a definitive shift in our culture in the next 30 days. We won't.

The movie is designed to be moving. But with rare exception, it's not a life changing exception. And I'm not trying to diminish those few, just it's not going to move the masses to being or becoming Christians.

[MHGinTN]

Joe offered, "This is a much about marketing as it is a Passion movie about the resurrection of Christ." It is my understanding that this is a film about the betrayal and cruxificion, rather than the Resurrection. And friend, Salvation is all about 'marketing', as done by the still small voice of God's Spirit in the human heart. But have you forgotten how God will take something that has negative all over it (or even bland) and turn it to something He uses for good? My only concern over the film is 'how did Mel deal with the Resurrection' ... Jesus died on that cross, but God raised Him up so that He IS (not was) our redeemer. In ancient Jewish tradition, the near kinsman may stand for another (read Ruth, OT), to redeemer them from debt. The Resurrection is the pinnacle of the Cruxificion, the ascension the transformation of God's world sojourn in Christ. ... But that may be more than a movie can portray; perhaps Mel would be wise to only 'speak of the Resurrection', instead of filming it.

[MHGinTN]

Joe offered, "But with rare exception, it's not a life changing exception. And I'm not trying to diminish those few, just it's not going to move the masses to being or becoming Christians." Joe, if the movie inspires 1% of Christians to awaken and live as God intends when Saved, the experience WILL change the world for the better even if only briefly. The salt is losing its savor, Joe. The endtimes are forespoken at such a characteristic, the lost savor of the salt.

[joesbucks]

As I said, it's not to trivialize those few who may have a life changing experience. But I've met people where a sunset lead them to God.

This is being hyped as some sort of God send to the world in matters of faith. It's been talked about on this forum as minimally converting masses. As I said, if that's true in 30 days we will see a changed society. My bet is we won't.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

A fair reading of the First Amendment, and of antebellum historical perspective in particular, must start with the phrase,

Congress shall make no law . . .

That amendment as written had nothing to do with the right of a particular state to have an established church, or to regulate religious exercise in a way forbidden to the Federal government. Such practice by the states is not now typically blatant, but in fact there were established churches in the U.S. after the adoption of the First Amendment.

The genius of the Constitution is its design for the cooperation of states and individuals who must content themselves to "agree to disagree" on some points which are important to them. I think the Framers of the Constitution wanted to think that in principle a Turkey--if not, indeed, a Saudi Arabia--could be a member of the federal union. IOW, the "United" Nations design is a flawed reinvention of the Articles of Confederation when the need is for a global adoption of the Constitution of the United States of America.

But of course history shows that the court system is the rub. Anyone would agree to that, if they believed that the courts would do what they wanted--and would oppose that if they did not. And we ourselves cannot unambiguously recommend our own system for selecting judges--we do not even know ourselves how to design a Supreme Court and subordinate court system which could be fully trustworthy. So even U.S. conservatives who revere the Constitution cannot recommend that the SCOTUS be given global scope.

Of course the Seventeenth Amendment would have to be repealed in order to attract foreign states into the union, and that would ameliorate the court problem at least somewhat.

[Elsie]

O'Donnell said it's a weak film

And ROSIE said Bush made "vile and hateful" remarks....

[Elsie]

Congress shall make no law . . .

It's too bad that there is not another one, sating....

"Congress shall steal NO money...."

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It's the Federal extortion that gets most of others to 'toe the line': "If your state don't do what we want, we'll withhold money that we've taken from YOUR citizens and give it to others who DO do what we wish."

[kassie]

#19...Thanks for the ping!

[truthandlife]

Weekday bump if someone missed this yesterday.

[al_c]

I told Satan to manifest himself and I said, 'Let's go out into the parking lot and let's go.'

Not a very good idea, IMO. Would've been better to address Jesus and ask for His help.

[r9etb]

In the bigger picture, I gave it all up to the Lord and whatever came out. I didn't have a lot to do with the writing of this music. I have done a lot of music, but literally things would just come out.

I've had this happen to me at times -- with writing, not music. It's amazing to have it happen. Things just tumble out and fit together, and when I look at it later, I have no idea where it came from.

[truthandlife]

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