"The Passion of the Christ," a movie that highlights Jesus' suffering and crucifixion, has met with both strong praise and heated criticism. Yet virtually no one has condemned this movie for championing the anti-life ideas fundamental to religion. By contrasting the ethical codes of two moral ideals -- Jesus of the Bible and "The Passion," symbolized by the Crucifix, and architect Howard Roark of "The Fountainhead," a novel by philosopher Ayn Rand, symbolized by his stance atop his skyscraper -- we can understand why this condemnation is needed. Christianity preaches that the ideal moral man sacrificed his life for a...