The movie The Passion of the Christ: Is this mainly for Catholics?

[Akita Suggagaki]

What I find fascinating is with all this attention spent on this period of Jesus' life and death at the cross and resurrection, many people can't seem to count to 3. Friday to Sunday is 2 days. And as Jesus rose before Mary got to the tomb one can't argue it was Sunday afternoon or night - though that is still about 48+ hours after a Friday death.. Jesus also couldn't have been born in the winter. Nor on the year claimed because there is ample historical evidence of when the leaders died back then. Its like math and history just went right out the window.

I wonder who is responsible for this mess?

Its an embarrassment to Christianity and should be addressed. Instead, each year, every Christmas and Easter we sweep it under the rug. This should stop. Its not good when we try to explain this to a potential new believer. "Yeah well math wasn't pushed very hard in school back then so...." That isn't going to wash.

We do know He rose right after the Sabbath. So He must have been crucified 3 days before that. So much for Good Friday....though Easter Sunday is fine. Good Thursday doesn't have quite the ring to it.

Have you been reading Bart Ehrman? I forget the book that gets into all that.

 

[Richard.20.12]

Have you been reading Bart Ehrman? I forget the book that gets into all that.

Nope. Just what I've noticed.

 

[BobRyan]

It seems Catholics focus more on Christ's crucifixion whereas Protestants focus mainly on Christ's resurrection. Reading about this movie its clear it had a profound affect on most of its viewers. I wonder how most Protestants view it? Do you feel its OK to make Biblical events into movies? On one side it brings the message to more people. On the other side, in the process of making a movie you know they will have to add stuff and we are warned about that. I wonder about this.

It has a distinctively Catholic focus from what I have seen.

The payment for sin does not consist of Romans being mean to you or Jews rejecting you -- it consists of the torture/torment which is supernatural and is applied in the lake of fire - to the lost. The second death.

The mean spirited activity of the Romans and Jews - was an added element of suffering - but is not what pays for our debt of sin.

 

[BobRyan]

Have you been reading Bart Ehrman? .

I don't find his speculation to be particularly compelling given that I am Christian and he does not claim to be coming at this from a Christian POV.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

I don't find his speculation to be particularly compelling given that I am Christian and he does not claim to be coming at this from a Christian POV.

It has been a long time since I read him but I think it is best to evaluate the arguments and evidence rather than the person writing.

 

[Sophrosyne]

I just read that initially Mel objected to any subtitles being available. How we would have known what anyone was saying is a mystery. What in the world was he thinking?

Mel made another movie not in English called Apocalypto I believe trying to get an award I think it was a decent movie but an English soundtrack dub would have sold a lot more copies as I don't enjoy trying to read subtitles in movies with action at all.