Wally Anglesea? <***@spammersbigpondareparasites.net.au> wrote in message news:<***@4ax.com>...
> <SNIP>
> >> Tom's a nut. HTH.
> >http://www.metaresearch.org/home/about%20meta%20research/vanflandern.asp
> So what?, Toms' still a nut. HTH
"Acharya S " <***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<http://www.truthbeknown.com/christ.htm>...
[] From: Acharya S <***@yahoo.com>
[] To: ***@yahoo.com
[] Subject: The Christ Conspiracy: The Antidote to the Passion of the Christ
[] Date: Feb 13, 2004 2:41 PM
[] Hello! It is time to start an email campaign
[] countering the Religious Right's ecstatic
[] endorsement of Mel Gibson's movie "The Passion."
[] I have been asked numerous questions regarding
[] this violent movie, and after recommending people,
[] remembering that "it's only a movie, it's only a
[] movie," I have now decided that a BOYCOTT would be
[] a much better idea. Instead of spending the money
[] on seeing "The Passion," buy a copy of "The Christ
[] Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold" and give
[] it to the friends who are trying to get you to see
[] the movie. "The Christ Conspiracy" is the
[] antidote to "The Passion of the Christ." Please
[] feel free to pass this message along to family,
[] friends, churches, synagoguges, favorite media
[] outlets and any other interested parties.
[] Acharya S
[] http://www.truthbeknown.com/christ.htm
[]
Mel LOVES Toture, e.g. Road Warrior, Lethal Weapon,
Brave Heart, Payback, The Patriot, The Passion.
http://members.wri.com/billw/images/passion09.jpg
$o, what el$e is new under the Hollywood $ign?
[No Pain - No Gain] -- Pontifex Maximus
> Paul Harvey comments on upcoming movie
>
> "The Passion" by Mel Gibson
>
> Movie due for general release February 25.
> The majority of the media are complaining about this movie. Now
> Paul Harvey tells "The rest of the story."
>
> Paul Harvey's words:
>
> I really did not know what to expect. I was thrilled to have
> been invited to a private viewing of Mel Gibson's film
> "The Passion," but I had also read all the cautious articles
> and spin. I grew up in a Jewish town and owe much of my
> own faith journey to the influence. I have a life long, deeply
> held aversion to anything that might even indirectly
> encourage any form of anti-Semitic thought, language
> or actions.
>
> I arrived at the private viewing for "The Passion", held in
> Washington DC and greeted some familiar faces. The
> environment was typically Washingtonian, with people
> greeting you with a smile but seeming to look beyond you,
> having an agenda beyond the words. The film was very
> briefly introduced, without fanfare, and then the room
> darkened. From the gripping opening scene in the Garden
> of Gethsemane, to the very human and tender portrayal of
> the earthly ministry of Jesus, through the betrayal, the arrest,
> the scourging, the way of the cross, the encounter with
> the thieves, the surrender on the Cross, until the final scene
> in the empty tomb, this was not simply a movie; it was an
> encounter, unlike anything I have ever experienced.
>
> In addition to being a masterpiece of film-making and an
> artistic triumph, "The Passion" evoked more deep reflection,
> sorrow and emotional reaction within me than anything since
> my wedding, my ordination or the birth of my children. Frankly,
> I will never be the same. When the film concluded, this
> "invitation only" gathering of "movers and shakers" in
> Washington, DC were shaking indeed, but this time from
> sobbing. I am not sure there was a dry eye in the place.
> The crowd that had been glad-handing before the film was
> now eerily silent. No one could speak because words were
> woefully inadequate. We had experienced a kind of art that
> is a rarity in life, the kind that makes heaven touch earth.
>
> One scene in the film has now been forever etched in my
> mind. A brutalized, wounded Jesus was soon to fall again
> under the weight of the cross. His mother had made her
> way along the Via Della Rosa. As she ran to him, she
> flashed back to a memory of Jesus as a child, falling in
> the dirt road outside of their home. Just as she reached to
> protect him from the fall, she was now reaching to touch his
> wounded adult face. Jesus looked at her with intensely
> probing and passionately loving eyes (and at all of us through
> the screen) and said "Behold I make all things new."
> These are words taken from the last Book of the New Testament,
> the Book of Revelations. Suddenly, the purpose of the pain was
> so clear and the wounds, that earlier in the film had been so
> difficult to see in His face, His back, indeed all over His body,
> became intensely beautiful.
> They had been borne voluntarily for love.
>
> At the end of the film, after we had all had a chance to
> recover, a question and answer period ensued. The unanimous
> praise for the film, from a rather diverse crowd, was as
> astounding as the compliments were effusive. The questions
> included the one question that seems to follow this film, even
> though it has not yet even been released. "Why is this film
> considered by some to be "anti-Semitic?" Frankly, having now
> experienced (you do not "view" this film) "the Passion" it is a
> question that is impossible to answer. A law professor whom
> I admire sat in front of me. He raised his hand and responded
> "After watching this film, I do not understand how anyone can
> insinuate that it even remotely presents that the Jews killed
> Jesus. It doesn't." He continued "It made me realize that my
> sins killed Jesus" I agree. There is not a scintilla of
> anti-Semitism to be found anywhere in this powerful film.
> If there were, I would be among the first to decry it. It faithfully
> tells the Gospel story in a dramatically beautiful, sensitive and
> profoundly engaging way.
>
> Those who are alleging otherwise have either not seen the
> film or have another agenda behind their protestations. This
> is not a "Christian" film, in the sense that it will appeal only
> to those who identify themselves as followers of Jesus
> Christ. It is a deeply human, beautiful story that will deeply
> touch all men and women. It is a profound work of art.
> Yes, its producer is a Catholic Christian and thankfully has
> remained faithful to the Gospel text; if that is no longer
> acceptable behavior than we are all in trouble. History demands
> that we remain faithful to the story and Christians have a right
> to tell it. After all, we believe that it is the greatest story ever
> told and that its message is for all men and women. The greatest
> right is the right to hear the truth.
> We would all be well advised to remember that the Gospel
> narratives to which "The Passion" is so faithful were written
> by Jewish men who followed a Jewish Rabbi whose life and
> teaching have forever changed the history of the world.
> The problem is not the message but those who have
> distorted it and used it for hate rather than love. The solution
> is not to censor the message, but rather to promote the kind
> of gift of love that is Mel Gibson's filmmaking masterpiece,
> "The Passion."
> It should be seen by as many people as possible.
> I intend to do everything I can to make sure that is the case.
> I am passionate about "The Passion."
>
> You will be as well. Don't miss it! -- Paul Harvey
>
> "Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening
> when you'd have preferred to talk." Doug Larson
>
> http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=7037&goto=nextoldest
>
What?!
What sort of complete moron lists watching
a movie as evoking as much emotional reflection
as the birth of his child?
How emotionally impoverished can you be?
Quote:
Suddenly, the purpose of the pain was so
clear and the wounds, that earlier in the film
had been so difficult to see in His face, His
back, indeed all over His body, became
intensely beautiful. They had been borne
voluntarily for love.
A moronic, emotionally impoverished sadist.
And he's a Christian.
Into the marshes with him!
http://members.wri.com/billw/images/passion09.jpg
> > http://www.truthbeknown.com/christ.htm
Excommunicate DNA Now!!