Passion

No, not that kind of passion! Silly rabbit. (I hope you’re not disappointed.) ;-) I’m talking about The Passion of the Christ.

It’s fascinating to read secular points of view pertaining to Passion.

"But the Bible can be a problematic source." If you disagree with it, I guess it really can be problematic for you.

"Who killed Christ?" is the question of the day. Answer: Mankind. Period. We all killed Christ. The whole issue is not about race. If you are truly a Christian, you won’t be anti-semitic. Your savior Himself was a Jew. I just don’t get how anyone can be anti-semitic because of the crucifixion of Christ. It wasn’t about Jews killing a gentile. (If it was, I can see how some freaks might be anti-semitic about it.) But they killed one of their own. (e.g., If a group of black people killed a black man, it wouldn't be a "racial issue.") The killers were Jews and so was Christ. And we would have killed Him too, if we were there, because we, also, would be hopelessly lost and entrenched in the ugliness and despair of sin. No one should think that they would have been "good enough" to have refrained from killing Christ themselves. Thank God that He came to save us, traitors though we were.

The funny part of about the Passion mania is that so many churches are canceling their services the weekend it opens and encouraging their congregation to go see Passion instead. "Mel Gibson gets to give the sermon this week - in full color drama!!" Many more churches have bought out entire theaters for the first several showings. This is probably the first time in the history of the church that pastors are openly encouraging their congregations to go see a Rated "R" movie.