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McMINNVILLE, Ore. (BP)--Regardless of your reaction to Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of The Christ,” it has done a marvelous job of exposing the hypocrisy of the artistic elite of American society. Cinema is considered to be part of the world of art. As such, films are heralded for their interpretation of events and personalities and derided for lacking freshness or creativity. Filmmakers who dare to broach taboo subjects or who challenge convention are usually considered bold and daring. Enter Mel Gibson’s interpretation of Jesus’ suffering and death on a Roman cross. From a strictly cinematic point of view, the film...

WASHINGTON POST SAYS MEL GIBSON IS GOING TO HELL TV reviewer Tom Shales, of the Washington Post says you can take his word for it, Mel Gibson is going to hell. If there is any doubt about the anti-Christ crowd being hard at work, just look at what they are doing to a man who made a Biblically accurate movie about Jesus. "I won't hire him. I won't support anything he's part of," a major Hollywood studio chairman said of Mel Gibson, according to the New York Times. Andy Rooney told Don Imus on his national radio show he had...

The film by Mel Gibson is moving because of its central contention, namely that an innocent man of high moral purpose was tortured and killed. It happens that the man in question, Jesus of Nazareth, is an object of worship, and that harm done unto him, in the perspective of those (myself included) who regard him as divine, is especially keen because it is not only inhuman, it is blasphemous. But suppose that a similar travail had been filmed centered upon not a Nazarene carpenter who taught the duty of love for others, but, say, an attempted regicide. In 1757,...

The Passion is Turning Things Upside Down By Gene Edward VeithWorld Magazine Both sides should realize that if all Jews really were personally responsible for the crucifixion of Christ, then every Christian should love every Jew, since without Christ's death, God's wrath would have fallen on each of us instead. CBN.com – CHRIST REALLY DOES HAVE A WAY OF TURNING things upside down. Crowds of Christians pour into an R-rated movie, while cultural liberals—who usually say violent entertainment is harmless and art is supposed to be shocking—are warning about too much violence and a movie's baleful effects. An "art house...