From: David Ensteness (denstene_at_mac.com)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2004 - 08:00:02 PST
> Haven't seen it and don't plan to. If you have to see it to believe it,
> you don't believe it hard enough. The last thing I want to see is a
> reenactment of the Lamb being slaughtered by unbelievers.
>
> I applaud Mel Gibson for trying to show everyone how serious that event
> was, but I don't really need it to affirm my faith that it happened.
>
> -Nate
Seeing the movie is necessarily an affirmation of faith?
That simply can not be true as many people who are not Christian will
see the film, it will probably not affirm faith in the Christ that they
never had to begin with. Likening going to see the movie to believe the
story is much like saying, if you have to go to church to believe then
you do not believe enough because all the world is God's house. Its
pretty silly ...
I have not seen the film yet but I am looking forward to it. I believe
it will be a very hard film to watch but easy things often bring little
value.
As far as the slaughter of Christ, my thoughts will probably upset some
people. That is not my intension, nor do I believe my views should
upset anyone, but I am aware it is likely.
Christ had to die, no matter how you look at it. If you are a
non-Christian then Christ was a rebel who needed to be put down. If you
are a Christian the reason for his death is far, far more necessary,
the entire point of Jesus' life was to die, had he not died, he would
not be the Christ.
Something that I can't understand as a Christian - why does anyone
blame the Jews for the death of Christ? As the story goes the Jewish
authorities were simply a tool that allowed for the completion that God
had preordained. According to the entire basis for the Christian faith
had it not been the Jewish authorities it would have had to be someone
else. Had he not died, there would have been no point.
I don't get "happy holiday" Christians. The Christian faith is about
Good Friday, Easter is the realization of Good Friday, Christmas is the
first act towards Good Friday, but neither have any meaning without
Good Friday. Its a very cold thought but Christians should be thankful
that there were "unbelievers" around to kill Christ, about what, 99% of
the world at that time had no clue who he was ... the unbelievers are a
necessity to the Christian faith.
Anyways, those are my rambling thoughts. I don't plan to post any
further ones ... hope no one is too mad about em.
David
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