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But recent events have raised profound questions about this dichotomy. Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ only highlights a dangerous trend among many religious Americans: to read the Bible as accurate history. Recent polls show that 60 percent believe biblical accounts as historical facts. More...
“You’ve given no reason for why your religion or your Bible should form the morality of this country,” said Leslie Zukor, a first-year student from Wellesley College, during a question-and-answer period.
Gibson's movie tells the story of Christ's Crucifixion as it was--bloody. Two thousand years ago, man was just as uncivilized toward his fellow man as he is today; just look at what goes on around us. Gibson took what he read in the Bible and put it...
—Staff Writer Michael R. James can be reached at mrjames@fas.harvard.edu. His column, the King James Bible, appears every Friday.
—Staff Writer Jonathan P. Hay can be reached at hay@fas.harvard.edu. The King James Bible will return next Friday.