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Thank you very much for posting this!

Mr. Prager is correct. The internal bias of the observer precludes any even quasi-objective assessment of the film. I have not seen Gibson's piece, but from the sound of all the criticism, mostly negative, and the sources of such criticism (largely the secular Left, or 'cultural' Jewish community), I will make it a point to watch the film carefully.

The historical facts are pretty plain: Not just Jesus, but His followers of 'The Way,' first called Christians in Antioch, were hounded and violently opposed by the religious Jews of the day. Even Shaul, later 'Paul' was one of these until a trip to Damascus. The efforts to murder him are found in the book of Acts. We in the West cannot really understand the religious mania of the Middle East very well. The Islamonazis are just the latest outburst of this murderous demonic craziness.

There is a group called the Center for Judaic Christian Studies in Dayton OH founded by a friend of mine which does a fine job explicating the background to all of this. The last two millennia are sad, incriminating histories for both Christians and Jews. The former do not understand their Jewish roots and the latter reject their Messiah.

None of this will be resolved by any human effort. Only the (second) advent of Messiah will work. Until then, Christians can work, pray and be loving, faithful witnesses. Several things are on the horizon - great deception (Clinton, hideous liar that he is, was but a pale shadow of the one coming), tyranny, war...and ultimately genuine Messianic deliverance.

(Hey, its the Sunday sabbath, and we can talk like this. Right?)