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Originally posted by cynicalgrrlll
[B] The film release of “The Passion” directed by Mel Gibson seems to have inspired audiences across the world. Unfortunately the viewers are following this trend like lambs to the slaughter.[b]
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People went to see this
movie because they wanted to see a movie about Jesus' suffering. Not because they wanted to be informed on what the Bible teaches. It's selling well because people are interested. What's wrong with being interested? Would you rather people go see a violent movie about Jesus, or a violent movie about drug dealers?
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Originally posted by cynicalgrrlll
[B] Why do so many people want to see this movie anyway? They can’t read the Bible or go to Church? People are so dependent on the media, that they will believe everything in this movie and forget that it is only Mel Gibson’s perspective on the matter.[b]
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Again, you're answering your own question. People do not go to see this movie to be informed about Jesus. They go to see Mel Gibson's portrayal of how Jesus' experience was. This isn't Bible School, this is a movie, and people want to see if because for the same reason they see other movies: they're interested.
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Originally posted by cynicalgrrlll
[B] Also why all these churches buying huge amounts of tickets to give to their congregation? That money could have been better spent on charity than Hollywood. I guess no one is bothered by the fact that Gibson is out to make a dollar off of Christ’s suffering as entertainment for the masses, that’s what movies are entertainment not a substitute for religious beliefs.
As for you people that went to see the movie, why didn’t you just go to church instead for two hours or volunteer for a good cause? You already know how the movie ends.[b]
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It's the same thing over and over. The churches are buying tickets to go and see the movie because they want to see a portrayal of Jesus' experience. They want to
see a portrayal of it. No one that sees this movie thinks it's a substitute of religious beliefs. The statement that Mel Gibson is only out to make a buck by making Jesus entertainment, that's simply wrong. Mel Gibson paid for this movie. Every dime it took to create it came out of his pocket. Did he know it would do well? No. He made this movie because he wanted to show his portrayal of Jesus, not because he wanted to teach religion and not because he wants money. I think Mel Gibson has enough money.
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Originally posted by cynicalgrrlll
If you have to see Christ brutally murdered in order for you to become sympathetic and religious again, I think you have bigger issues. If everyday life doesn't remind of the horrible atrocities people are able of committing against each other and the suffering that goes on daily, maybe you need to quit being so self involved. Just remember that when you’re caught up in your religious frenzy while seeing this movie, mob mentality killed Christ in the first place.
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No one is seeing this movie to "become religious again." They want to go see a movie that's about Jesus. Is there something wrong with that? Would you rather the general public NOT want to see a movie about Jesus? I think it's damn good thing that the public is interested in the movie. A hell of a lot better than the world not being interested, anyway.
-Lasereth