[Aquinasfan]

He's an unthinking mouthpiece who has literally no conception of what he's discussing.

That's literally true, and that's what I find so fascinating. This story passed through the hands of at least one editor, who must also have had literally no conception of what he was reading.

[quebecois]

The reaction to this movie has convinced me, more than any other single event in my recent memory, of how far the US has fallen as a culture.

We live in an age where the TV is full of unbelievable garbage (have you seen the previews for the new reality TV shows for this fall?). This junk passes more or less without comment today...and anyone raising objections is shouted down as being "intolerant" or wanting to engage in "censorship".

Meanwhile, at any other time in US history, a film about the Passion would have passed almost unnoticed. No one would have thought to attack or defame it and declare that the content was essentially unfit for artistic expression.

The important point here is that these folks aren't criticizing any particular points made in the movie...but are essentially saying that a bibilically accurate picture about the death of Jesus is not fit for public consumption because it is evil and dangerous.

I'm flabbergasted. Somehow, I have arrived at a point where I no longer recognize the nation of my birth.