[independentmind]

"I saw it as religious barbarism ... in my opinion, God did not send his son to die,'' said Lasch, of St. Joseph's Church of Mendham. "God sent his son to live, to be faithful. And in being faithful, it cost him his life.''

Lasch, who saw the movie Thursday, also said the film's uncompromising, in-your-face approach reflects a growing divisiveness and belligerence within the major religions.

I say bully for the in-your-face approach. I'm so sick of listening to priests like Lasch that I have really have no words. As far as I'm concerned, they can GET OUT.

[I still care]

"in my opinion, God did not send his son to die"

I think the problem with this statement starts in the first three words.

[Bonaparte]

"...priests like Lasch..."

Heretical priests turn my stomach too.

[utahagen]

This priest is just plain wrong from a theological perspective. Catholic teaching is unequivocal on the point that God did in fact send His son to die for our sins.

[NYCVirago]

Lasch, who saw the movie Thursday, also said the film's uncompromising, in-your-face approach reflects a growing divisiveness and belligerence within the major religions.

I love all this talk of "divisiveness" -- the animus between Christians and Jews, let alone Catholics and Protestants, is at an all-time low in this country. Yet these libs are worried about divisiveness.