[Eva]

I posted this mainly for those non-Christians on Free Republic.

[Eva]

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[whereasandsoforth]

No man is truly Free (republic) until he can understand Christ our Savior.

[kitkat]

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[Celtjew Libertarian]

It explains why I'm not really interested in seeing it or not seeing, except because it has caused so much outcry.

I have a strong feeling, however, that many of my fellow Jews are being hypersensitive ninnies. Another reason, I suppose, to go see it -- so I have a stronger basis for saying that.

[Reactionary]

I'm a non-Christian, and I don't feel the least bit "excluded" by the movie or its message.

I feel "excluded" by foolish liberal writers who assume that in order to be a non-Christian one must necessarily feel "excluded" by the Christian message.

Liberals assume, by virtue of being liberal, that they understand everyone. They don't. And since they don't, I would be quite happy if they would shut the hell up about what I'm supposed to feel and think concerning just about everything.

[vetvetdoug]

A mountain called Calvary.

I thought it was Gilgotha.

[AnnaZ]

Which was not simply "love and faith" but redemption, ransom, sacrifice, the willingness to take upon himself, upon his body, punishment for all the sins of humankind.

I'll leave it to others to argue whether it makes sense to exclude so many people.

Huh?

 

As I wrote here: Oh, For Art's Sake! ^, why can't it just be seen for what it is? Why must those who don't believe the story take it so personally? (Jews who scream anti-Semitism deeply insult true believers, and their staunchest defenders.)

 

It's the secular rage that's a wonder to behold. Where's Frank Peretti when one needs him? Lots of movies have been made about the Buddha, for example, and the non-believers seem to remain emotionally uninvolved, uninsulted, capable of unagitated bystander status. This Jesus guy, I tell ya...

[Snuffington]

Good article. But I think the exclusionary part is a bit overstated. Though this isn't Mr. Pitts fault, because many of the film critics are intentionally overstating it as well.

Think about it. Here we have a large audience of critics acting almost surprised - not just at the new elements of the movie's portrayal - but at some of the basic elements of a story that has been told for 2000 years. Pilate is portrayed as giving into the mob and ordering the execution, even though he didn't want to?!! *gasp* I see this one pop up as evidence of the film's anti-Semitism time and again, and it's right there in the Gospel. It stretches credibility that this is something most of these critics are not aware of.

So, yes, the movie was made by and for Christians. But it's certainly accessible to non-Christians who simply want to look at the Christian faith. It may not be fun to look at, as Mr. Pitts says, "all you will see is a man being hit over and over and over again." But that brutality really is central to the Christian belief in Christ's death.

[WL-law]

Jews have made inroads into the nation's mainstream to a degree that would have been unimaginable 50 years ago. Yet even in the midst of that success, they live with this constant nugget of fear, this need to be on guard, lest acceptance erode and yesterday's nightmares come roaring back.

Hardly! Quick -- think of Sen. Chuckie Schumer, mister in-your-face; think of Jerry Nadler, Representative from NY/McDonald's -- do THEY strike you as "on guard"? "Holding back?" I don't think so.

[PLK]

Only Leonard Pitts could find a way to criticize this movie on the basis of it being discriminatory - it's so ludicrous I am nearly speechless. The movie is bad because it doesn't make Moose Limbs, Hindus, and Jews feel good about themselves????? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[FreeReign]

One middle-age white guy vouching for the racial blamelessness of another was hardly the most ringing endorsement.

What? A "white guy" can't have an objective opinion on the racial blamelessness of another white guy.

How is the author of this artcile not making a racist remark?

[NYCVirago]

I felt "excluded" by the fact that American Beauty was picked for Best Picture, and the only Republican in the movie was a Nazi-worshipping ex-Marine closeted gay killer. But nobody in Hollywood seemed to care about my complaint, for some odd reason.

[hosepipe]

K.I.S.S. System Movie(Passion of Christ) review:
"I am->> the Way the Truth and the Life" - JESUS(New Testament)

He either "IS" or he "IS'NT"...
You recognize that and deal with it...
-or- DON'T and deal with the consequences, if any..

Check, Pretty simple I'd say...
** K.I.S.S. = Keep it simple stupid