Message: 14
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 03:48:33 EST
From: XXXXXXX@aol.com
Subject: Re: "Passion" feedback...

I saw it last night with some friends. A very powerful and moving film.
There are so many parts that I found especially so (and a couple that I
have questions about) and details I'd love to discuss, but I don't want to
spoil the film. It does exactly what a passion play is supposed to do --
it makes the suffering of Jesus real to us, so that we can more greatly
appreciate the love He has for us.

I didn't find the film to be anti-semetic, but I can understand how some
might, especially those who started with the agenda of finding it so. It
shows the priests as being much harsher and crueler than in other films
about Christ. And a lot of gentiles seem to become converts, or at least
have the seeds of conversion planted in them, along Christ's walk to
Calvary -- Pilate's wife, Herod's slave, a Roman soldier. This doesn't
happen as often to the Jews in the film. If someone were really looking
for anti-semitism, they could see these details as such.

If you're not cognizant of who Jesus is and why He is suffering so much,
then the point of the film is lost. It's not the right film for anyone
who's not familiar with the Gospels. It's excellent for those who are and
want to rekindle or deepen their faith. I think that's why the secularists
and liberals don't like it and are trying to discredit it -- they don't
understand it and/or are afraid it will cause Christians to take their
faith more seriously.

yours -- Marj