Passion of the Christ
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I think if you watch it as an overview, then it's fine. Like, focusing on the crucifixion and it's brutality as a reminder of what Christ went through. But to watch it as a way to learn more about the story as a whole, then no. Gibson was quite open about his going to various religious sources as research to make the movie.
JC Superstar WAS a good musical... it wasn't "scriptural", but it wasn't intended to be.
The movie "Noah" wasn't, either... but I enjoyed it, for the most part. I actually learned something that I did not know by watching that movie. I didn't know that the oldest man ever, Methuselah, died the same year as the start of the flood. Did he die in the flood? Possibly... but we won't ever know, I suppose.
The Passion is a very good, but difficult to watch movie. Is it 100% scriptural? Probably not. Should it matter? No.
The question I have is.... do you only watch movies that are 100% scriptural?
The movie "Noah" wasn't, either... but I enjoyed it, for the most part. I actually learned something that I did not know by watching that movie. I didn't know that the oldest man ever, Methuselah, died the same year as the start of the flood. Did he die in the flood? Possibly... but we won't ever know, I suppose.
The Passion is a very good, but difficult to watch movie. Is it 100% scriptural? Probably not. Should it matter? No.
The question I have is.... do you only watch movies that are 100% scriptural?
I understand, and agree to an extent.... if a movie portrayed Jesus as a homosexual, or something fundamentally other than what He was, I wouldn't watch it.
If it's simply a matter of details, like wiping his face on a cloth, which turns out to be the shroud of turin, I don't worry about it.
Sometimes it helps to see "the world's" perception of Jesus.... it can help us search more diligently to come into a closer walk with Him.
If it's simply a matter of details, like wiping his face on a cloth, which turns out to be the shroud of turin, I don't worry about it.
Sometimes it helps to see "the world's" perception of Jesus.... it can help us search more diligently to come into a closer walk with Him.
