It's been hilarious tracking all the wailing and gnashing of teeth about The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson's film about the crucifixion of Jesus. For several months leading up to the film's release, all we heard about was the criticism that it was anti-Semitic, and would foster hatred toward modern-day Jews.
After preview showings, most media and Christian leaders found the original criticism way overblown. So, the media & Christ-critics had to find other ways to lambaste the movie. Herein, I present the:
Top 10 Reasons You Should Not See The Passion
[See next journal entry for top 10 list]
But, of course, as NewSong sang, you can't keep a good man down. Heartland Americans are not seeing this movie to the tune of $240 million and counting.
And we are reminded of the scripture in 1st Corinthians 2:14, "the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised." Or same book, chapter 1, verse 23: "but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness."
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