Mel Gibson is urged to change Jesus film

The Associated Press From correspondents in Vienna, Austria ^ | August 16, 2003

[MEG33]

Please edit the New Testament and change your faith?

[MHGinTN]

Amazing! ..."For 20 centuries, the false charges ... have been the core reasons for anti-Semitism, causing the death and persecution of millions of Jews," Hier said. I wish these history revisionists would shut the hell up! The presence of Malchus in the grove mob is evidence that the High Priest sent them for Jesus. That isn't an indictment of Jews as much as it's an indictment of the evil one who twisted their hearts to such treachery. Enough already. Release the movie as Mel has filmed it and let the truth be served.

[pbear8]

Which pages of the Good News would they like deleted?

[Threepwood]

This is starting to get really ugly. I'd like to say that if I was Mr.Gibson I'd find a dramatic way to silence and circumvent my detractors and get the film out as is. Sadly, I suspect he's under really, really heavy pressure, and might have to decide between putting out a bad, castrated Christian movie or nothing at all. That is a damn hard decision to make. Wonderful world we live in no?

[MEG33]

Calling Jews Christ killers isn't the message of the New Testament.Jesus was a Jew.

[spunkets]

"The Vienna-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre said the movie, which has not yet been released, had generated "an unprecedented wave of hate mail" in response to the movie,"

Right. Folks ain't seen it yet and the only mouths flappin' are theirs. Where's the hate mail come from, the movie goers, or them?

[John Beresford Tipton]

Original:
"Crucified by the Jews"


Rewrite by ADL:
"Dissed by some people in the Middle East,
and out of towners from Rome"

[The Iguana]

Methinks the angry mail - "hate mail"? - is mainly and probably wholly generated by the ADL's graceless and public criticism of this move - not the mvie itself.

Which after all, only a handful of people have seen.

[rockfish59]

Barabbas rules!

[Threepwood]

So, I take it the bible isn't exactly the most important book in your home, and practicing Christians aren't your favorite people.

Protip: No one cares.

[John Beresford Tipton]

"Is it me, or are the Jews mostly a whiney lot?"

Well, their word "kvetch" has been imported into everyday English speech.

Do you know of any other foreign language word meaning "whining" that has been likewise imported into everyday speech?

[Threepwood]

Come now, it's impossible to say "the Jews are x" or the "the Jews are y". That's silly talk, they're a mixed bag just like anybody.

As for the holocaust, it's not unreasonable to try to make sure people don't try to rub you out *again*. Given the snarling hordes even today who would regard that as the high point in their regional history, it's really not that odd a hangup to have.

[AnalogReigns]

I've read articles by Ellie Wiesel which called the gospels themselves, especially that written by the (Jewish) Apostle John, anti-Semitic. I think deep down, that's pretty mainstream thinking in certain (non-Christian) scholarly circles--but of course never admitted in public.

Christianity contradicts contemporary Judaism--saying they missed the Messiah 2000 years ago, and that's not something Jewish people want to hear. It's preposterous though to think this film--being accurate to the historic record of the gospels, will stir up anti-Semitism. Ridiculous whining about a Christian film they haven't seen is much more likely to do that...

[observer5]

"had generated "an unprecedented wave of hate mail" in response to the movie"...

what a buch of horsesh....t

[StatesEnemy]

Come now, it's impossible to say "the Jews are x" or the "the Jews are y". That's silly talk, they're a mixed bag just like anybody.

Well then some of those "Y's" better start speaking up, cuz all I hear is screeching X's.

And ya ever think that perhaps a lot of their problems lie with this "Chosen People" chip on their shoulders?

[TBall]

Show the film as is. A whole lot Christians also died fighting against hitler.

[DPB101]

The Hollywood Ten were communists. Communists murdered tens of millions of Christians. To this day, the Hollywood Ten are heros in Tinseltown. Ergo the Pope and other Christian leaders should be able to change the script of every Hollywood movie lest it incite communists to kill Christians. That is the logic here.