Passion of the Christ.

JerRocks2day · 03-08-2008, 08:09 PM

Who here enjoyed the Passion of the Christ movie? I thoroughly enjoyed it despite it's some of it's catholic mythology. I really think that the movie can still be used to help lead some more people to Jesus. I also brought it up because it's Easter month this year and next sunday is Palm Sunday. Any thoughts on the movie?

**slap_j** · 03-08-2008, 08:53 PM

There was a huge thread on this 3-4 years ago.

I only saw it once. But I don't think it was necessary...or entertaining.

JerRocks2day · 03-08-2008, 09:00 PM

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There was a huge thread on this 3-4 years ago.

whoa.

Is there anyway I could check out the thread?

**Sean** · 03-08-2008, 09:00 PM

I don't think "enjoyed" is the word I would use to describe my experience watching the film.

**Sean** · 03-08-2008, 09:01 PM

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whoa.

Is there anyway I could check out the thread?

Do a search

**Sean** · 03-08-2008, 09:04 PM

http://www.christianguitar.org/forum...hlight=passion
http://www.christianguitar.org/forum...hlight=passion
http://www.christianguitar.org/forum...hlight=passion

**bravesfan007** · 03-08-2008, 09:13 PM

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I don't think "enjoyed" is the word I would use to describe my experience watching the film.

Those are my thoughts exactly. In fact, even though it did stir me it actually horrified me at the same time. I know the crucifixion is a pivotal point of Christianity, but I like to think of Jesus not in that manner. Besides, yes the crucifixion was important, but many people were crucified. Christ was the only one that came back from the dead. That's the more important thing.

JerRocks2day · 03-09-2008, 05:11 PM

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I don't think "enjoyed" is the word I would use to describe my experience watching the film.

Oh. Sorry.

I just meant that I appreciated the movie.

**Sean** · 03-09-2008, 05:20 PM

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Oh. Sorry.

I just meant that I appreciated the movie.

I really don't appreciate the attitude. I'm not arbitrarily nitpicking your words just to be a jerk. I don't know of anyone who would say they "enjoyed' the film in the same sense they "enjoy" most other films. Just this past week I encountered someone who said they don't think they could sit through that experience more than once in their life. It was quite unpleasant for the person and certainly not enjoyable. In fact, the appeal of the film, to an extent, is that it isn't an enjoyable experience. Its supposed to confront you with something that's harsh and unpleasant.

So there is very good reason to point out that I wouldn't say the film was "enjoyable."

JerRocks2day · 03-09-2008, 05:25 PM

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So there is very good reason to point out that I wouldn't say the film was "enjoyable."

You're right. I just meant to say that it was powerful. It showed what Jesus had to go through in order for the work of redemption be done.

simpleone07 · 03-09-2008, 09:17 PM

personally to me. It showed some kind of reality to the physical aspect of what Jesus went through. I grew up in sunday school and church with a kind of watered down thought on what it would have been like. So seeing this film years back, gave me a new perspective on the event and a more appreciation for everything Jesus Christ has done for me

**meatfinger** · 03-10-2008, 10:33 PM

Of course, parts of the film exaggerate the biblical account, so there's always that...

+SEAL+ · 03-11-2008, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bravesfan007

Those are my thoughts exactly. In fact, even though it did stir me it actually horrified me at the same time. I know the crucifixion is a pivotal point of Christianity, but I like to think of Jesus not in that manner. Besides, yes the crucifixion was important, but many people were crucified. Christ was the only one that came back from the dead. That's the more important thing.

Well...Christ's crucifixion was also coincidentally the only crucifixion that redeemed humanity. The Resurrection and the Crucifixion are interdependent. Without the Resurrection, the Crucifixion was a defeat. But without the Crucifixion, there is no meaning to the Resurrection. One saves, the other completes. You can't have one without the other, and that was the genius of the movie. Because it recognized this, and thus you have the coda.

Satan's plans were most foiled when his grip on humanity was broken by Christ's sacrifice, by His blood.

As for the film, I can't say that I "enjoyed" it, but it was certainly one of the most powerful and intense movies I've seen. It gave me a lot of material to meditate upon.

JerRocks2Day, I'm just curious about your use of the phrase "Catholic mythology". What exactly do you mean by that, and where did it show up in The Passion?

Reedolo · 03-11-2008, 04:37 PM

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Those are my thoughts exactly. In fact, even though it did stir me it actually horrified me at the same time. I know the crucifixion is a pivotal point of Christianity, but I like to think of Jesus not in that manner. Besides, yes the crucifixion was important, but many people were crucified. Christ was the only one that came back from the dead. That's the more important thing.

The Resurrection is not "more important" that the Crucifixion. Yes, the Resurrection is wonderful and ought to be celebrated, but Christ's death is what atoned for our sins and that ought not to be overlooked. Whether or not you "like to think of Jesus in that manner" is between you and God, it has nothing to do with the film. There are many Christians in the world who like to acknowledge and remember Jesus' death.

Reedolo · 03-11-2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JerRocks2day

Who here enjoyed the Passion of the Christ movie? I thoroughly enjoyed it despite it's some of it's catholic mythology. I really think that the movie can still be used to help lead some more people to Jesus. I also brought it up because it's Easter month this year and next sunday is Palm Sunday. Any thoughts on the movie?

I like the movie. I'm not sure what "Catholic mythology" you're referring to, unless you're talking about Satan appearing to Jesus in the garden of gethsamene and Jesus killing the snake. That is highly symbolic, and Jesus killing the serpent (not literally, but figuratively) was foretold in Genesis 3. I think that has more to do with biblical symbolism than catholic mythology.

I liked how there were plenty of flashbacks in the film that showed things that happened earlier in Jesus' life. When I first heard that the movie was going to be only about the last 12 hours or so of Jesus' life, I wasn't too sure how that was going to come out, but they ended up doing a nice job. I thought some of the parts were a bit too gruesome, especially when Jesus was being flogged.