The big five losers from 'The Passion'

Jerusalem Post ^ | 3.10.04

[BrooklynGOP]

Uh oh.

[freebilly]

The dogs bark, and the caravan moves on...

[Stingray51]

The writer is a nationally syndicated talk radio host in the US and author of 14 books.

When they say "nationally syndicated" is that like all those tiny airports that bill themselves as this or that "international airport" because they have a flight every week to Canada? What a turkey.

[freebilly]

SHMULEY BOTEACH

No kidding....

[freebilly]

Hey, he's written 14 books (read by a total of 13 people)....

[Zack Nguyen]

With respect, I couldn't disagree more. Gibson is a huge winner here - despite the rage and slander and hate brought against him, he has created a masterpiece that will be remembered long after he is gone. He's also laughing all the way to the bank.

In addition to being a work of art, the movie is a clear Gospel presentation. I hope that people who see it may repent of their sins and be saved.

So I don't feel I've "betrayed" our Jewish brethren at all because I love the movie. No one comes off looking good in this movie, except of course the Jewish women who are with Christ to the end. No one seems to care to mention that.

[Texas2step]

*passion ping* Here's an article that's sure to hackle a few feathers. :-)

Unbelieveable. No further comment.

[bray]

Well, he did get one of the biggest losers right!

Pray for W and The Passion of The Christ

[muawiyah]

Guy hangs around with the wrong kind of Christians I suppose.

[semaj]

One word:

Tripe

[ambrose]

Did you read the article? The author is not of the "left".

I thought he made a very reasoned analysis. It wasn't some hysterical diatribe a la Foxman.

However, I don't happen to agree with the author's analysis here.

[Rightly Biased]

I would think the BIGGEST loser is the one that does not see this movie

[nickcarraway]

What about students of the Talmud. By extension, they are branded losers by Rabbi Boteach.

[freebilly]

I thought he made a very reasoned analysis

Completely justified, and completely wrong. That's the beauty of reasoned analyses....

[theFIRMbss]

>Judaism and its daughter religion, Christianity, were a radical departure from the pagan world's earlier cults of death. Both emphasized the idea of righteous action on this earth and both were based on the Hebrew scriptures' demand for moral excellence and the need to perfect the world in God's name. Even in the New Testament, the passion of Christ occupies at most a chapter or two in each of the gospels, while the life of Jesus is spelled out more than 10 times that number.

Indeed. I would wish
those longing for "history"
would purchase this book:

"Powerfully challenging the scholarship of the media-hungry Jesus Seminar, respected New Testament scholar Luke Timothy Johnson argues that Christian faith is founded not upon a historical Jesus that scholarship can reconstruct, but on the resurrected Jesus proclaimed by the New Testament and Christian tradition. He states, "The real Jesus is not simply a figure of the past but very much and above all a figure of the present." Provocative and timely, The Real Jesus exposes the fundamentally misguided quest for the historical Jesus by the Jesus Seminaractually a small group of mostly marginal scholars - and by such scholars as John Dominic Crossan, Burton Mack, and Marcus Borg."

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Mel Gibson, who emerges as a talented fanatic at best and a full-blown loon at worst.

Schmuley has been one of Michael Jackson's biggest supporters.

[Qwinn]

No, I'm sorry, I don't think it qualifies as "reasoned analysis". Why? Because of the statement that it is comparable to "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" in gore. I saw the movie, and that's just absolutely absurd. I can't see someone with an unbiased perspective coming to that conclusion.

Qwinn

[Conspiracy Guy]

I guess I could call this reply, International Distribution of the Work of Conspiracy Guy. Over 20,000 replies have been written.

This dude is a sack o horse hockey.

CG