[Federalist#34]

but Paul didn't say, go ahead and break the 2nd commandment. There is a standard Biblically for how God is to be worshipped. Concern about religious art is indeed, passe in our postmodern culture, but I don't see how we can read the clear language of the passage I cited and think that a film or artistic portrayal of Jesus doesn't violate this.

That is the baseline of my concern, and the pop-culture part of it extends from that.

[A2J]

but Paul didn't say, go ahead and break the 2nd commandment. There is a standard Biblically for how God is to be worshipped.

What Paul was saying is that he didn't care about how the gospel was preached but the fact that it was. Apparently, he knew that even selfish renditions of the gospel are powerful enough to bring people to the truth. In other words, they make people more thirsty to find the truth in Jesus Christ.

I would be interested in reading what your definition of the Second Commandment is relative to worshiping God. In your opinion, what is the "Biblical standard" of worship?

Concern about religious art is indeed, passe in our postmodern culture, but I don't see how we can read the clear language of the passage I cited and think that a film or artistic portrayal of Jesus doesn't violate this.

I appreciate your concern, but I doubt seriously that Gibson would star in such trash movies as "The Last Temptation of Christ," which demean the uniqueness of Christ as well as attack His diety.

I see this as a potentially honest portrayal of Christ the God/Man.