OT: The Passion of the Christ movie

[Atrocities]

If your recommending it, then perhaps I should consider seeing it. I just don't know.

[Phoenix-D]

Sacrifice is useless? Which is still around again, the Roman Empire or Christianity?

[Aiken]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Sacrifice is useless? Which is still around again, the Roman Empire or Christianity?

In spite of 2000 years of Christianity, the same people who crucified him still rule our world. He would be in a great sorrow if he known that.

[Grauzone]

To this day i had an other opinion of this movie. I'll see him too, to understand the polarisation between so many opinions in this issue.

I have BIG respect on every man or woman who ever changed the world in so impressive manner such Jesus did. But too many sects of "Christianity" do not propagate what Jesus wanted. Their interpretations of his "will" and his "intetions" are very arbitrary. I can agree with very few of them, but in most cases i do not.

I'm atheist, but i understand why so many people need religion to live in this world. Religion and
"view of the world" should be an private issue of every person. We have only the right to discuss the acceptance of a "religion" if the doctrin of this philosophy is not compatible with our Laws or with our understanding of "human rights".

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Sacrifice is useless? Which is still around again, the Roman Empire or Christianity?

The Roman Empire, masquerading as Christianity. It all started with Emperor Constantine wanting to integrate religion into his political toolkit, but it continued even after the original political authority, the Emperor, was gone. This is most obvious with Roman Catholicism since they have a single 'head' of their church comparable to the Emperor, but nearly all of the other sects are also political parties using religion to justify their authority, not religions. Only a few 'odd' movements on the fringes like the Quakers could really be called religious.

[freduk]

The movie is 95% pure torture. I think it is a rather bad movie, because it has nothing else to offer than just that.
Concerning your admiration for Jesus: he wasn't the only one to make that "sacrifice" as it is called.
A lot of people were tortured to death in those days, or did you think the tools of torture were invented solely for him?
The only thing that makes Jesus stand out from the other people that were tortured to death is the rumours that he resurrected, which I do not believe, of course.

[mottlee]

I think this movie was going over the Last 12 hours of his life, to show what was done to him and what was endured, I am a "christian" however I have yet to see this movie, I find it difficalt to hold my anger in when I think about what Man can/will do to Man