This movie is a mockery to christianity. It focuses to much on how he died, when we should be focuses on why he died. The Passion is trying to convert people through guilt, when that is not what Jesus would have wanted, he would have wanted us to convert because of his love and teachings. Many try to convert others not through the reward of being a christian, but of the consequences of not being one. That is wrong, and I think Jesus would think that to. Let people become christians because they believe in what Jesus taught and why he died for them. God Bless.
2007-04-09 20:08:53 · 24 answers · asked by Grant H 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is not a question, it is just a statement. This is the easiest way for me to spread this message considering that I will never use MySpace.
2007-04-10 06:22:54 · update #1
I understand that The Passion is one of the most acurate films about the crucifixtion of Jesus, but that is not the way to get conversions.
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I will never use MySpace. It is a horrible thing. It was originaly intended for small Bands to get there music out there, but then highschool students found it, and now it is just a place for cyber bullying, and a place where idiots can share their pictures with petofiles and perverts. By the way, before you even respond with 'unless there on your friend list they cant get on your MySpace'. First of all, it is the internet, you can hack on to anything on the internet. The bigest problem I have with MySpace is that people care to much about it. People would be more pissed it their MySpace page crashed then if the U.S. mint was hacked into, and that millions of dollars were stolen. What do you think of every thing in this question?
(now it is a question)
2007-04-10 06:37:41 · update #2
I see endless movies on the Jewish holocaust is that because of guilt conversion also? I mean do the producers make such movies to education or do they produce them to create a atmosphere of favouritism toward Jews out of guilt?
God Bless
edit: can't believe that only after 45 seconds someone gave me a thumbs down. I did say I watch the movies we are talking about didn't I. I think it is important for people to learn from history the story of Christ's passion needs telling as it is part of the entire story. Many movies and plays have already focused on other parts of his life why not this powerful portion? Artistically this movie presents a very moving piece which isn't sanitised and shows how bloody it would have occurred. As far as being an evangelising tool, I think it has had a greater impact on those already Christian who have never been given the whole story The Passion included.
2007-04-09 20:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think if you are a believer already the movie was a great reminder of the suffering that He went through- I have heard many people came to know Jesus by the movie, however, my problem with it is similar to yours. I remember the scenes of torture much more than I remember the reason Jesus died on the cross- if the Passion movie was the extent of my hearing about God. And another thing- when Peter betrayed Jesus- it never showed him being reconciled to Jesus after His Resurrection. The Resurrection was very understated. I am not saying that it was not a powerful movie. What I am saying they could have still had the scenes of torture on the cross to show us what Christ went through, but they should have also not deleted the other important aspects of why He died,and what happened after His Resurrection.
2007-04-10 03:32:21 · answer #2 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As a matter of fact, the Passion proves to us just how much Jesus loves us. It's not about guilting us into anything, but Christ's crucifixion shows us the extreme lenghts that God and Jesus went through to redeems us. It's was such a high price, and so brutally paid! Isaiah prophesied it, "He was wounded for OUR transgressions, bruised for OUR iniquities; OUR punishment was upon Him, and by His stripes WE are healed." Had the sacrifice not been made, and accepted, we'd have nothing. Remember that Jesus said, "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto Me." He came to die for us so that we could live. It's not about guilt, it's about love.
2007-04-10 04:41:08 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry you feel that way because that was a very accurate depiction of what Christ suffered on His last day on earth. Even Pope John Paul II watched it. He exclaimed, "It was what it was." A conversion to any religion or in a belief system is an individual and private matter for that person to come to grips with. It has nothing to do with guilt, and more to do with being humble and recognizing who and what we truly are. If we are the only creation that has the determination of the future truly in our hands then I can say we are saddened and doomed as a species. There is no perfect love or perfect peace in mankind. "The Passion" reflected the event in a historical and accurate way. Whether you believe is up to you.
2007-04-10 03:17:08 · answer #4 · answered by gone 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
This is the point I was trying to make with someone recently. Why would you make a movie that focuses only on the Crucifixion? And a horribly bloody violent one at that? There's more to the story than just that, but Mel Gibson knew that the gore would create buzz and get more people to see it. As for using it as a tool for conversions - has anyone really converted to Christianity because of it?
2007-04-10 03:14:42 · answer #5 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is YOUR personal definition of the Passion of Jesus.
The false prosecution, pain, and suffering endured by Jesus has been given a label. It's called THE PASSION.
Now that you've redefined the passion of Jesus, you are free and clear to make your own sect of Christianity. All you have to do is find a group of people to agree with you, and not what people have understood for almost 2000 years now.
Good luck, and God bless
2007-04-10 03:14:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christians believe he was more than just a philospher who taught wise things. He did teach wise things, but Christian believe man fell from grace and Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice to redeem man. This is true of Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox.
2007-04-10 03:52:54 · answer #7 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I found it quite moving but I was already a Christian it brought home the depths of his suffering. I do not think it is a tool to convert other but just to get them thinking and asking questions about whu he went through that.
2007-04-10 03:15:09 · answer #8 · answered by Mim 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I didn't think it was a mockery. It showed what He went through for us. The Holy Spirit convicts people of their sins, people feel guilty when they are convicted. The thing to do is repent, ask for forgiveness, and ask Jesus Christ to come into our hearts.
2007-04-10 03:18:18 · answer #9 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
(If you get to make up crap about what Jesus might have thought, so can I.)
SO... I may have this wrong ... but I really don't think Jesus would have cared "why" a person converted, but only "that" he did. Jesus was esentially a missionary and his mission was to assemble as big a bunch of dummies into his camp as he could find.
"Come one. Come all." ...and damn the reasons.
As for me... "No thanks."
I'll stay with Atheism... "The Logical Choice."
((((( r u randy? )))))
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2007-04-10 03:16:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋