[Paul Atreides]

that it was the Jews

It wasn't THE Jews, it was SOME Jews.

[baltodog]

It was US!!!!

God/Jesus is TIMELESS!!!

What happened 2,000 years ago is the same that is happening today. It was me who persecuted Christ.

[Bogey78O]

Yea, they ignore that some of the jews were disgusted by the railroading and refused to take part.

[185JHP]

The Jews Our Lord referred to in Matthew 25:13 were the Jews who hated Him and schemed to have Him killed. The other Jews loved, supported and later died for Him.

[philosofy123]

It wasn't THE Jews, it was SOME Jews. Actually, it was some Jews two thousand years ago. How can any stupid Christian or Jew think that is a reason for us today to hate each other. The children are responseble for their own conduct, and not for the conduct of their great great great great great grand parent. As a Christian, if my great great great grand parent were Jews, now do I hate my self brcause of that?

[anka]

I'm probably preaching to the choir here but... ;-)

I was baptized and raised Greek Orthodox.
While I can't say that I'm much of a practitioner of Christianity at this station of my life, having been raised in the culture/faith has given me at the least, a respect and reverence for the 'story' and importance of what Jesus did (whether I believe in the actual, physical resurrection).

Having said that and having placed myself outside of the 'Ultra-Conservative', Born-Again etc... et. al. movement(s) I honestly cannot see where these charges of Anti-Semitism are coming from...

Here we have the character, Jesus; The prophet who turned the established, beaurocratic, if you will, order on it's head.

That this established, beaurocratic (theocratic) order happens to be Jewish is inconsequential (to me).

For me, the beauty of the story is in highlighting humanity, the essence and goodnesss (dare I say the holiness) as embodied by Jesus, and it's eternal struggle against the machine of the 'mob' and the 'established order'... And it's requirment to sacrifice itself in that struggle so that others may free themselves from this machinery... (oh well... just my opinion. and that's a 'pre-Matrix' opinion! ;-)

Back to the charges of anti-semitism...
I suppose that certain viewers will take prejudices into this movie (e.g. followers of other faiths might think that ALL christians are of the 'Born-Again', 'Ultra-Conservative' type and are consequently of the 'Jews killed Jesus' camp) PLEASE NOTE: I am NOT saying that the above statement is what I believe but what I'm sure many people of other faiths may.

In addition, to the aformentioned potential prejudice there is indeed the other 'flip-side' of the real 'Jews killed Jesus' variety who will infact reinforce their belief of that particular prejudice...

Is the movie inherintly Anti-Semitic?
No.
No-One can take a completely objective approach to this movie.

Their (and my own) prejudices/misconceptions will be magnified but the movie itself simply tells the story as it was written.


Ah well, I apologize if the post is of the extremely ranting type...

just my two cents.

[Leatherneck_MT]

"It wasn't THE Jews, it was SOME Jews"

Actually it was all of Mankind

I nailed Christ to that Cross, I whipped the flesh from his bones just as suredly as his Roman Guards did.

I stood in the crowd and yelled for his crucifixition, spat in his face, ridiculed him and hit him in the face just as suredly as the Sanhedrin did.

He died for me anyway and through his death paid for my sins.

And I Love him for that.