Rhonda, I didn't get to watch Mel Gibson

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Rhonda, I didn't get to watch Mel Gibson
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Sat, 02-21-2004 - 8:04am
interview on Primetime but I did see the special on last night's Dateline NBC "The Last Days of Jesus" and afterwards, I flipped the channels and noticed on TBN, "The Making of The Passion of Christ". Both shows were so interesting! The Dateline show had quite a few Jesus scholars (disagreeing on things, too) discussing who killed Jesus. I've always thought that most sane people would gather from reading the Bible that not all Jews wanted Jesus killed back then - the San Hedrin (sp?) did not represent all people. They did bring up an interesting point about Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem the week of Passover and how the crowds were out there to greet him. He was quite popular & I'm sure alot of Jewish folks wished that Jesus would have brought the Kingdom of God in their lifetime to overthrow the Roman rule over them. However, I DO agree that Mel had no intention of anything anti-Semitic in this movie. The TBN special brought out a good point that in the book of John, Jesus said that his crucifixion had been planned all along. It it is obvious that Mel wanted to make this an experience for the whole world. I liked how he phrased it, not a film experience, but an experience. I know I am going to go see the movie, now!
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Tue, 02-24-2004 - 10:59am
"The other only negative comments were the film covered the "how" well, but not enough of the "why" of Jesus' death."

Are we ever going to understand the "why"? Isn't that part of the striving to live a Christ-like life and becoming a believer?

Just a deep thought for a Tuesday morning....well, deep for me....

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Tue, 02-24-2004 - 12:32pm

The "why" is to pay for our sins and give us the chance for salvation. Bill O'Reilly has an interview tonight at 8 EST with Mel that should be interesting.


I just want to see the movie the first weekend to help make the numbers for that weekend humongous.

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Tue, 02-24-2004 - 12:54pm
Sheesh, I meant films aren't the best media for covering spiritual matters! S'cuse me!
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Tue, 02-24-2004 - 1:11pm
And thus become more Christ-like, except our burden is for our own salvation, not mankind's. I think we have an easier task than He did.

March 1 Newsweek also carries a critique of "The Passion". Not complimentary, but not blasphemous, either.



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Tue, 02-24-2004 - 1:37pm
Oh, absolutely, we have it SO much easier! I'll have to check out the Newsweek article. Thanks for the tip.

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Tue, 02-24-2004 - 5:54pm
Not complimentary at all, I agree.

I know I'll probably be covering my eyes & ears for a good stretch of those 10 min. - I'm sure it will be horrific to watch. I'm so used to the "Jesus of Nazareth" depiction with the Robert Powell blue-eyed Jesus with his "oh so out of this worldly essence" look about him. I loved that movie and watch it every Easter season, but I think the actor playing the part in Mel's movie is more physically correct for the part (and he's sure nice looking in his interviews!).

Katherine (Kat)

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