It sounds like you are happy to be an apologist for Hollyweed and it's values and tendencies while dissing THE PASSION.
Further, that you are proud of that stance.
Fascinating.
I don't treat anything (including American movies) as monolithic. There's good and bad everywhere. I wasn't 'dissing' Mel's film at all. If it clarified and sharpened your faith then all the more power to you. I hope Mel makes many more religious themed films because, as I said, it's a gap in the marketplace that deserves to be filled. Regards.