[duckln]

Wow, you guys are working pretty hard today.

I'm not ready to throw Krauthammer overboard, but this bigoted rant of his will color my view of his columns indefinitely

It's colored mine. I thought of Krauthammer as being a rational objective writter for the most part, now I'm seeing through him. The amen corner doesn't want Passion Plays and Nativity Scenes (and Catholic 'priests')in the public domain. It still is as it was.

I can't source it now, but Mel was irritated that the 'critics' are trying to blame the Holocaust on Christianity. Nothing could be further from the truth, but yet, it's a big part of their arsenal in taking down Catholicism.

Then it was Barrabas or Jesus? Today it's Christians or Islamists? The ADL, has made its choice, with Krauthammer and Safire in tow. So far with the mainstream, they are slipping, hopefully some of the 'damage' done over the last 45 years can be undone. The Passion may be the kickoff point in taking our culture back, to the chagrin of the 'NYT'.

[Mamzelle]

Check out Gorin's article in NRO---

[Mamzelle]

link to Gorin's article, "The Jews who Cried Wolf"

[independentmind]

I wonder if devout Jews understand that they are making a critical mistake by aligning themselves with secular leftists rather the Christian right. I've read enough comments on FR, though, to realize that some Jews are sincere about their fears related to the film; the problem is that they are wrong.

[Sabertooth]

It's colored mine. I thought of Krauthammer as being a rational objective writter for the most part, now I'm seeing through him. The amen corner doesn't want Passion Plays and Nativity Scenes (and Catholic 'priests')in the public domain. It still is as it was.

"Amen corner" rhetoric is uncalled for. Assess each by their own actions, not as members of this or that group. Too much of the latter already in this discussion.

I can't source it now, but Mel was irritated that the 'critics' are trying to blame the Holocaust on Christianity. Nothing could be further from the truth, but yet, it's a big part of their arsenal in taking down Catholicism.

Hitler was a neo-Pagan and an occultist.

Did some Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants particpate in the Holocaust? Yes.

Other Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants sheltered Jews and liberated Europe at the risk and cost of their own lives.

Ascribing the Holocaust to Christianity is itself a blood libel.

Then it was Barrabas or Jesus? Today it's Christians or Islamists? The ADL, has made its choice, with Krauthammer and Safire in tow.

I think you go too far here. The rhetoric is already excessive, let's not compound it.

So far with the mainstream, they are slipping, hopefully some of the 'damage' done over the last 45 years can be undone. The Passion may be the kickoff point in taking our culture back, to the chagrin of the 'NYT'.

I'm leaning toward the conclusion of Professor David Allen White of the Naval Academy, who called "The Passion of the Christ" a "turning point in human History."

How that History will turn is largely up to us, and what we do in this moment.