[ClearCase_guy]

I have two points to make:

1) Mel Gibson didn't make this movie because he wanted to make enormous profits.
2) Mel Gibson is going to make enormous profits from this film.

I can't wait to see it.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Funny, I don't remember any of this controversy over The Last Temptation of Christ or Dogma. I guess movies that are offensive to Catholics fall under protected free speech.

[ex-snook]

God is the writer who are the editors?

A Pharisee Named Gamaliel

Acts 5:34
"Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;"

Acts 5:35
"And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men."

Acts 5:36
"For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

Acts 5:37
"After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed."

Acts 5:38
"And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:"

Acts 5:39
"But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God."
 

[raybbr]

He could make it up by sacrificing a goat and having them spread the blood over the cans of film.

Who cares about what the major religions think of this film?

[Blue Scourge]

Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, accused the Liberals that are trying to hang Israel out to dry of "views that can only be described as anti-Semitic

How it should go and who he should really be watching his back for....oh wait, he's a liberal too....odd bedfellows.

[truthandlife]

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

[jjm2111]

This article wasn't too bad. But if the movie is in Aramaic with no subtitles I ain't seeing it.

[Dialup Llama]

Significantly, Hollywood's most successful translator of the Bible - DeMille - was at heart a pagan. His religious epics spring to life only when the sinners set up the golden calf and boogie down for a colorful orgy. By contrast, the auteur of "Braveheart" - another film in which the hero is tortured to death for his people - is a true believer, a devout Catholic who belongs to a conservative splinter sect that celebrates the Latin Mass and rejects the reforms of Vatican II.

Perhaps the real reason "The Passion" has stirred such interest and ire is that Gibson has produced a religious epic that is really about his religion.

The elites are going to realize their greatest horror in this movie- Jesus umambigiously shown as Savior in a widely seen film made to high techincal standards by a top director- and they will call it anti-Semetic in an attempt to taint the movie.

[Alberta's Child]

Cecil B. DeMille was smarter than Mel Gibson. In 1927, when DeMille filmed his version of the life of Christ, "The King of Kings," he covered all the theological bases by placing on the payroll a Protestant minister, a Catholic priest and a rabbi. Gibson, director and co-author of "The Passion," billed as the most authentic version of the life and death of Christ ever filmed, refused to have the high priests of official religion vet his vision . . .

There is a clear message in this paragraph, but I'll bet nobody at Newsday picked up on it.

The fact that Gibson "refused to have the high priests of official religion vet his vision" is precisely why this movie is being billed as "the most authentic version of the life and death of Christ ever filmed."

[Lazamataz]

Look, I'll just be happy if they don't have the twelve disciples wearing mohawks and leathers and circling an oil refinery in souped-up funny cars and motorcyles.

And if any of them even once refers to Jesus as "The Lord Humungous, Ruler of the Wasteland, the Ayatolla of Rock and Rollah".... I am outta there.

[per loin]

de Mille was responsible for that horrendously anti-Egyptian film "The Ten Commandments".

[kstewskis]

Though "The Passion" won't be released until Ash Wednesday in April, it has already sparked a storm of controversy because of fears that Gibson will resurrect not the good word of the New Testament but the old libel of the Jews as "Christ killers."

Boneheads! They haven't even bothered to check that Ash Wednesday falls on Feb. 25th next year!

(April 11th is Easter Sunday...they can't even count backwards from there).

[kstewskis]

Share THE PASSION during the holy season of Lenten renewal

This is a ping list for those who wish to share in viewing Mel Gibson's film, The Passion, while observing the traditions of Lent together.

If you want on or off this list, please FReepmail Northern Yankee

[isrul]

"The Passion" won't be released until Ash Wednesday in April,...". Ash Wednesday is never in April.

[paulklenk]

The only thing I care about is, does Mel Gibson stay true to the Bible? If he does that, and doesn't "catholicize" the story of Jesus (e.g., deifying Mary), I will be happy.

[Publius6961]

...refused to have the high priests of official religion vet his vision and, the way things are going, they're going to crucify him.

Probably the best compliment he can receive.

I consider myself Catholic and regilious, but certainly don't need my religion filtered through men of questionable morals.
Or my movies.

[dalebert]

Is the gripe because Mel didn't offer payoff money to all these groups?