I just saw the interview with Diane Sawyer and felt that she exhibited a look of true HORROR throughout the interview. Such is the look of evil when confronted with the unmitigated truth and love as presented in the Gospels. My prediction: Liberals will continue to try and vilify this film and just won't understand why they're unsuccessful. I'd love to see what Ann Coulter has to say about their efforts.
Exactly what I was thinking - she also had to interview the liberal Ex-priest...
Here's a recent British education article...
'Children should learn more about atheism and less about Jesus, says Labour think-tank'
By Melissa Kite, Deputy Political Editor Telegraph Group Limited
...Excerpt...
'The teaching of religious education in schools should be renamed spiritual education, with children being taught more about atheism and less about the life of Jesus and the 10 Commandments, according to the Government's favourite think-tank.
The lessons should be widened to include "non-religious belief systems", a report by the Institute For Public Policy Research says. It calls for equal weight to be given to agnosticism and humanism as is given to Christianity...
Here's what Michael Savage has to say about "The Passion":
The Capture of Jesus choreographed in Kurosawa-esque movements.The ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Latin linguistics.
A must for every Christian and Jew; every rebel, independent, iconoclast who has felt the blunt steel of rejection, isolation, humiliation, or castigation.
As for portraying Jews in a negative light - a resounding NO! That is, for rational educated people. There is always the fear that bigots will use this film as they might use any pretext to advance their hateful agenda. The wild card question is: How will radical Muslims use this film? Will they seek to turn Christians against Jews?
During the trial of Jesus, two ancient Hebrew Judges who loudly claim the hearing biased are boldly thrown from the court. The biased judges do not want to hear the opinion that Jesus is innocent of the charges against him. Good Jews. Fair Jews. Bad Jews. Biased Jews.
Good Romans. Bad Romans. Like today, in historical context. A passion play about faith and fear, the blessed and the cursed.
The loyal and traitorous. For everyone who has craved a portrait of living biblical history, there has never been a more accurate portrayal.
The Judas-tree scene alone is worth the price of admission. Both for its dramatic content as for its moral imperative. For every parent wanting to instill moral values in a child, The Passion can be a good teacher.
But we mustn't run from the most pregnant question. Some Jewish organizations have legitimate fears that this remarkable work of art might instigate hatred against the Jewish people. We cannot predict what demented bigots might do nor should we permit them to dictate the terms of our civilization and its artistic creations.
How is it that the most vile films imaginable are being made with little or no protest from the very same organizations attacking Gibson's artistic creation.
Murder, Rape, Drug Usage - all standard fare in a theater near you. No protest about these vile works from these organizations who object to what appears to be 100% biblically correct.
Following the screening of his controversial film, Mr. Gibson asked me what I thought of it. I said, "Of course there are going to be those who are going to look to blame the Jewish people, but it is the Romans who flay Jesus nearly to death and who actually crucify him." I added, "Mel, what are people going to do, stop eating pasta!" There was then much laughter all around the boardroom. But I repeat, are people to stop eating Italian food because of Pontius Pilate and the Roman sadists? It would be foolish to think so.
Link to article: http://www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/savagepassion.html
I made special concessions to see the interview, and wasnot disappointed!!
Way to go Mel, thanks for your honesty, your humility, and the Gift that God gave you.
You are absolutely right. Diane Sawyer looked at Gibson throughout the interview as if he were a madman and acted appalled at his responses to her.
Right now you can be sure there are dozens of vengeful critics of The Passion of the Christ going through every word Gibson has ever spoken, looking for something to hang him with. It will of course be out of context, something he said in jest, or something someone heard him say when drunk or from a woman who felt he couldn't keep his hands to himself but it will all be compiled and then dumped on the world three days before The Passion opens on Ash Wednesday in an attempt to derail the film.