How is it "anti-Christian" to criticize Gibson's reliance upon Anne Catherine Emmerich vs. the Gospels?
Excuse me, but the scourging of Christ is not only mentioned in the Gospels, it's mentioned in Isaiah (and also the Psalms I believe). As for what scourging amounted to - - that's an historical matter, for which they did research, I believe. The movie flows like "the stations of the cross" -- which is a Catholic rite, so Krauthammer shouldn't be concerned about it, since he's so insistent on citing the Vatican against Mel