[Mr. Silverback]

I think that's the whole point in the article...

You make a good point, but no Christian with a brain (and Colson has a very good one) is miffed that Gibson got snubbed, it's as natural as rain falling from the sky.

[Deb]

Well, I'm a Christian, a member of the Academy and I'm miffed. The Academy is supposed to evaluate excellence, talent and performance. Regardless of the content, the members of the Academy are supposed to be able to judge a movie and the people who made it on artistic ability and creativity. "The Passion of the Christ" is crammed with both.

Although the movie couldn't be nominated because of submission rules (it is a foreign language film, but had no foreign country of origin to submit it), they could have, and should have, nominated Gibson for his extraordinary accomplishment. Johnny Depp gets a nomination and not Jim Caviezal? And Caleb Deschanel certainly deserved an Oscar for his cinematography...he's no hack, having won for "The Black Stallion".

I will wager that the same people who gave Densel Washington a Best Actor Oscar for the most offensive, bigoted portrayal of a corrupt black L.A., cop ("Training Day") never even watched the DVD of Passion that everyone was sent.