The Passion of the Christ
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| Thu, 02-26-2004 - 12:58am |
I knew it would be opening big, but I was surprised to find out this morning that one of the local 20-plexes was showing it to sold out crowds on every screen from 6:30 this morning to around 11:00 when their usual lineup started and The Passion only continued on a few screens.
I've been reading incredibly moving reactions to it like this one in National Review--
"THE PASSION IN HARLEM
I just got out of a screening at the Magic Johnson Theatres up at 123rd and Frederick Douglass in Harlem. The theatre was packed, with an audience that was about 85 percent black, and included many seniors (of course: daytime). The response to the film was just about universal: Loud applause at the end, and vocal endorsements of the movie as we exited. One sweet elderly lady, I’d say about 80 years old, was shaking her head on the way out, saying: “If you read the Bible, that’s exactly what happened.†Another woman, in her 30s, was brushing away tears. “It’s not the movie,†she said,†it’s the reality of the thing.†During the screening, the man I set next to—a guy in his 20s, tall, strong, and vigorous-looking, nobody’s wimp—gasped at some of the cruelties inflicted on Jesus. (When Jesus’ cross is turned over on its face so He can be nailed to it more securely, this man blurted out, “Oh, s***, that’s too much.â€) Before the movie started, there was a little film in which Magic Johnson explained the rules for his theatres: “No talking. . . . No hats or colors . . . . If you have a problem on the street, don’t bring it inside.†I couldn’t help thinking: There is a problem on the street, every street, and this movie is about the solution."
I wanted to see it this weekend, but now the local news is reporting that virtually every showing in Dallas through the weekend is already sold out, so now I have to wait til next Saturday.

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As a Southern Baptist by where I worship and a Christian by faith, I have to say that you are sadly mistaken on your statement about Catholicism and this movie.
As for the unimportance of His death compared to His resserction, I will disgree with wholeheartedly. He HAD to die in such a manner. If there was no death there would be no VICTORY. If there was no death there would not be forgiveness. Remember that when Christ died it was a death covered in the worlds past, present, and future sins. He who is prefect became sinful and descended to Hell and beat death at Hell's own door so that He may rise again in total forgiveness. I would encourage you to go into the Old Testment and read or reread God's precepts on the lamb sacrifices, which is the blood atonement before Christ, and the significance it has. Christ is the lamb and thus His death mirrored such.
Amen Amen and Amen
That's what I keep telling my husband. People are conversing non-stop over this movie because it is NOT fiction. It happened, and it matters....that's what has everyone in an uproar.
Nancy
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