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To: Thorin
Gibson's not throwing his movie in anyone's face. No one is forced to see it. Gibson is being targeted for abuse because he has dared to make a movie that presents Jesus Christ as the Son of God, without any irony or ambiguity.

Oh, is that so? That's not what I see. What in the movie suggests that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? What in the movie suggests any hint of redemption for sin through the sufferings that are so clearly depicted? Nothing, so far as I can tell. It's a pornography of violence, aimed at people who desperately want their faith confirmed through the softest and most degraded medium ever devised, at the hands of a man whose modus operandus is raw violence in whatever form he can best display it. And the really neat thing (for Gibson) is that he gets the money of people who would rather not participate, but feel they must in order to participate in the discussion. He's a huckster, pure and simple; P.T. Barnum without the family values. Bill Clinton has nothing on him. And the rabid Christian set will stick up for him, even at the cost of distancing themselves from honest and wise men like Krauthammer, because they think that by so doing they're hoarding up brownie points in heaven.

841 posted on 03/05/2004 3:34:37 PM PST by Agnes Heep
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To: Agnes Heep
bit-ter, bit-ter, bit-ter
842 posted on 03/05/2004 3:36:05 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Agnes Heep
What in the movie suggests that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? What in the movie suggests any hint of redemption for sin through the sufferings that are so clearly depicted? Nothing, so far as I can tell.

So you have seen the film?

844 posted on 03/05/2004 3:36:34 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: Agnes Heep
Your anger does no good for anyone, and certainly no good for yourself. You might want to calm down and reconsider your haughtiness.
846 posted on 03/05/2004 3:40:00 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: Agnes Heep
You know, as far as FR goes, I don't think it's a set. I'd call it damn near universal. I think I need to re-evaluate my faith. Perhaps a reread of most of C.S. Lewis.
847 posted on 03/05/2004 4:06:02 PM PST by mercy
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To: Agnes Heep
And the rabid Christian set will stick up for him

Ayup

848 posted on 03/05/2004 4:29:22 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (FooOoOooooOOoooOOooam)
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To: Agnes Heep
" And the rabid Christian set will stick up for him, (Gibson) even at the cost of distancing themselves from honest and wise men like Krauthammer, because they think that by so doing they're hoarding up brownie points in heaven.

I found this on a blog site. It's written by a Catholic named Elinor Dashwood. It makes a lot of sense when she says: "He's famous! He's gorgeous! He's rich! What these star-struck types don't so commonly acknowledge is that He's a schismatic! One serious Catholic after another has succumbed to shivery gratification because Somebody Totally Cool is willing to admit to being a Catholic. "

But actually Gibson is not a Catholic he's part of a schismatic sect.

849 posted on 03/05/2004 4:46:16 PM PST by DestroytheDemocrats
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To: Agnes Heep
Great words, thanks.
869 posted on 03/05/2004 7:03:45 PM PST by dennisw (“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”)
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