[Rudey]

If you like it fine. If you enjoyed the Christian message, fine. But it seems you and several other people keep talking about how YOU don't understand it's antisemitic and how YOU have this problem with people who haven't seen it saying so. Not only is the logic faulty, but it's annoying to see someone say another group doesn't have a right to feel a certain way. In fact Mel Gibson did not see Jesus, and thus, using your logic, he can't share his sentiments in this movie.

-Rudey
--YOU are not entitled to YOUR beliefs.

Originally posted by kafromTN
That's another thing, how can this movie cause anti-semitic feelings? I mean, Jesus died for all of mankind's sins, right? Wouldn't that include, white,black,hispanic,oriental, jews, christians,buddhists,taists,atheists etc. Not only that but Jesus asked for forgiveness for the ones who crucified him, so if Jesus forgave the Jews, shouldn't everyone else forgive them, even if they believe it is the Jews' fault for killing Him? Jesus was killed by all mankind from the beginning of time to the end of time. Another thing, do people not realize Jesus had to be sacrificed to fulfill the scriptures and thus someone had to kill Him so all of man's sins could be forgiven? He couldn't just die of old age nor could he kill himself, it had to be the actions of others that caused his death.

I liked how Gibson (I take it as a way to show it wasn't the Jews fault) had satan walking among the crowds of Jews when they were trying to get Pilate to condemn Jesus to death. Yet another way to look at it is this, the Jews did not actually sentence Jesus to death, Pontius Pilate did and European civilization& Islamic civilization both descended from the Roman Empire and the Islamic Empire spread far to the east so I guess that is more proof we are all guilty of the crime of killing Jesus.


Sorry for my diatribe, I'm just sick of people saying this movie somehow promotes anti-semitism and most times they have not seen it. I saw an interview where one person said Gibson left out many important things and exagerated others to try to increase hatred of Jews and it later adds, he has not seen it.

-Mark
(this is my $1.05 or so worth)

Oh yeah, James, I meant that Jesus suffered to forgive my sins and that is very sobering to think someone went through that kind of torture to guarantee me entrance into Heaven.

I know there are people who suffer in bad neighborhoods for whatever reason, but is suffering not why our GLO's do philanthropy events, to ease the suffering of others and make their life better?