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...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 Americans believe the Virgin Birth occurred than that evolution is scientifically valid. The Pope is reported to have said about The Passion that “it is as it was,” despite previous Vatican criticism of literalists who read the Bible as history. Here is what the Pontifical...
...film is historically accurate. The cover of Newsweek asks, “Who really killed Jesus?” This is not merely an abstract or epistemological query. It can be a matter of life and death. Throughout history Jews have been killed because they are accused of being Christ-killers. One can only hope that this film will not add to that toll. It will probably not in the United States, but who can prophesy what will happen in South America, Eastern Europe and the Mideast? Young children, who are unaware of the bloody consequences of passion plays since...
...true Passion Of Jesus Christ can best be depicted by showing his exemplary life and his spiritual teachings, not by horribly bludgeoning him to death in a bloody movie spectacle. Anybody can torture and kill. Enough, already! BRUCE BENEFIELD Antioch, Tenn...
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 on film. I applaud him. KEN SIEGERT Tampa...
...Gibson's controversial The Passion Of The Christ has earned $250 million at the U.S. box office in just three weeks. Reverent Hollywood moguls are now combing through the Scriptures for other projects with religious themes. ABC started the procession with its long-shelved telefilm Judas, left, which aired to middling ratings a week ago. Film versions of the best seller The Da Vinci Code (to be directed by Ron Howard) and The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis' Christian-themed children's epic, are also in the works. More fare for the faithful...