[buffyt]

It is such a great movie. I came away from it with the notion that it was Satan who was tormenting Christ, who was instigating the painful torture and beating, trying to get Christ to back out. Christ didn't back out, He didn't back down. I saw Satan weaving in and out of the crowd, I think he was the one who was making it so difficult for Christ. Not the Romans, or the jews, or the mob, or the king...

[monkeywrench]

"I saw Satan weaving in and out of the crowd, I think he was the one who was making it so difficult for Christ. Not the Romans, or the jews, or the mob, or the king..."

I think he's been weaving around france, too. It's a shame. Some people don't want the truth, and would deny it to everyone.

[battousai]

It is such a great movie. I came away from it with the notion that it was Satan who was tormenting Christ, who was instigating the painful torture and beating, trying to get Christ to back out. Christ didn't back out, He didn't back down. I saw Satan weaving in and out of the crowd, I think he was the one who was making it so difficult for Christ. Not the Romans, or the jews, or the mob, or the king...

You know what I just came back from Sunday mass and our priest was talking about the movie during his sermon and he made the very same point, he joked that if anything Italians should be mad too since the Romans weren't shown to be a likable bunch either (its a majority Italian parish), but he said what he got from the movie was that the enemy is Satan, not one group of people or another, but the devil, and he felt it was accurate to the Gospels. I have yet to see it but intend to as soon as I get a chance.