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Thread #67306   Message #1129559
Posted By: Big Mick
05-Mar-04 - 12:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: Just saw Mel's film...
Subject: RE: BS: Just saw Mel's film...
Poor choice of words on my part, Nerd. My post does imply that the anti semite piece is crap. What I meant is that, in my opinion, it is crap. I say this because folks seem to be looking for ways to turn this into that. I hear a lot of comments from folks that aren't Christians attacking this thing. They call our beliefs myths and fairy tales. Intellectually I understand their position, but if I made these comments to those I know to be Wiccans, they would accuse me of being intolerant. Like I said, it is that old purity of thought stuff. I detest anti semitism, because historically it has caused some of the greatest suffering ever endured. But I don't see this as anti semitic. I see it as one mans view of The Passion, based on a book of holy scripture. In that book, it was the ruling elite (the Sanhedrin) that was culpable in instigating the death. The Romans did the deed. As I said before, it doesn't matter that they were Jewish, but that is what the scripture says. I wonder if he left that portion of the subtitle out because of the changes he was making to avoid this charge.

Based on what I am reading here, he stayed with a fundamentalist view of The Passion, and didn't edit out anything because he believes it to be the way it is. I don't think that passes the smell test of an anti semite.

Mick