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And it paints Jesus as divine, so why do the secular viewers miss the plot of the film even if they don't personally agree with real life Christian doctrine. If they think it's fiction why don't they at least follow how the character is developed?
There is a resurrection - he's whole again. What kind of mere mortal character would ever be portrayed doing that? They sound like they have flunked Classic Literature Appreciation 101.

If they think it's fiction why don't they at least follow how the character is developed? There is a resurrection - he's whole again. What kind of mere mortal character would ever be portrayed doing that? They sound like they have flunked Classic Literature Appreciation 101.

Now, I agree with this part of the puzzle as being the most resistant to solve. The anti-Passion viewers cannot seem to reach into the 'fiction' as they see it and criticize the essence of the message.

I mean, why quote Hemingway of all people to validate Judaism? That author was so depressed he had greater than 10 electro shock therapy treatments for depression. That didn't work to cure him ... but the shotgun did. Why would a rabbi hold up Hemingway of all people as a validator of Judiasm?? (Another poster stated this review smelled of J. Blair a bit, and I wonder ....).

But, Hemingway is the author of 'classic' literature, so called. Maybe that is why the Rabbi inserted him into this column ... to deflect from the core classic literature which served as the source material of the Passion.

I think that secular viewers deliberately miss the resurrection point of the film on purpose. Especially the reviewer types. Jesus is a resurrection story that directly competes with the resurrection story most people WANT to believe in. Man is resurrected to new life through the woman.

The fairy tale for kids, mutated to the bread and butter Hollywood story: all men are boys, trapped in a man's body ... until SHE comes along and inspires him to grab the trappings of manhood. (Sabrina, Matrix, Fight Club, Beauty and the Beast, etc, etc, ad nauseum).

They have flunked, definitely. I couldn't agree more.