Another entry in my "catching up on the blogs" series, SRWU's friend, Aldahlia has an interesting post up from Monday:
The couple of minutes of the movie in the documentary are full-on pornographic, and they pretty much confirm my opinion that The Passion was to the Crucifixion, what Saving Private Ryan was to WWII. That is, if you are the type that doesn't really empathetically think about the things you hear, then maybe the visualization will actually hit you in the heart. I have to wonder about the kind of person that claimed to be Christian before seeing The Passion, but came away from the movie with re-newed faith. I mean, it's not like the scourging story is sunshine and cupcakes. What kind of Christian can keep thier "eyes on the Lord," and still need a Mel Gibson snuff film to drive the point home? I don't get it. I didn't grow up in a Christian household. For the most part, the only times I actually heard the Beating > Nailed > Rock > Ascension story was at school. Maybe, your average Christian only really thought about it while pigging out on sacrilicious chocolate crosses on Easter?
Her reading of The Passion, without having seen it, is much like my reading of it having seen it. Don't know that I have much to add, except to point out that it is some really good writing. Go read.
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