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...Gospel and the Gore David Van Biema's viewpoint "Why It's So Bloody," on Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ [March 1], stated that the movie's brutal imagery is more attuned to the religious spirit of the Middle Ages than to today's Christianity. But the point of the movie is to remind Christians?and proclaim to non-Christians?that Jesus, in his humanity, suffered terribly in order to be offered up as the perfect sacrifice. There is no way to portray this other than in graphic detail. Many of today's Christians want to worship...
...John may have felt some satisfaction writing this scene," Pagels ventures. "In place of Thomas' cryptic sayings, John offers a simple formula: 'God loves you; believe, and be saved.'" --By David Van Biema. With reporting by Maggie Sieger/Chicago
...David Van Biema. Reported by Eric Silver/Jerusalem and Elizabeth Coady/Chicago
...David Van Biema...
...recounting on its website an incident that occurred in 2000 when 400,000 copies were being distributed at 14 Mediterranean ports to Muslim guest workers on their way home. "I will not take it," a man reportedly exclaimed. "It is making too many people Christian!" --By David Van Biema...