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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...
...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 the Middle Ages, will have their views of Jews formed by this violent, R-rated film. And efforts are now underway in some parts of the world to change the rating so that even younger children can see the film. In Denver, Colo., a large sign in front...
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 attuned more 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 Jesus' Resurrection without contemplating...
...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 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...