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The real 'passion of Christ'...
'The most blood-thirsty and violent Jesus-movie ever' newspapers and TV said . 'The Passion of the Christ' will also lead to anti-semitism as well they told us [as if we needed more violence and anti-semitism with the current muslim-extremism]...

Still a lot of Protestant Churches and other so called 'christian organisations' seaze the opportunity to use this film for 'evangelical purposes'. Are they blind to the real passion of Christ?

Emphasizing the suffering of Christ: 'the Catholic way'...
The movie is really exclusively about 'the suffering of Christ'. And this sufffering has been put to film in 'a most authentic way' according to the makers of the movie and its actors. Basically this is the same the Roman Catholic church has been doing in both church, rituals and teachings...

A clear example of 'the perpatual suffering-act' is 'the eucharistic mass'; the ritual in which the host turns to the flesh of Jesus according to Catholic teachings. They preferably perform this ritual several times a day and -in doing so- crucify Jesus on and on again. The Bible tells us about 'a sacrifice that has already been made by Jesus' and -about the Evening Supper- 'do it in memory of the sacrifice of Jesus'. It says nothing about 'bread turning into flesh' and definately nothing of doing it multiple times a day...

'The Christ' is a term used by new agers and occultists, spiritists and freemasons; not referring to Jesus but to the Matreya. And this 'Matreya' -in those circles- is considered to be 'the boss of Jesus'; satan or the devil....

Violent, more violent, most violent...
'Mad Max' Mel Gibson is famous for his violent roles in several movies with scenes in a most sad-, violent-, apathetic-, criminal- and war-filled-setting. And in these films Mel Gibson usually gives the message [in actions and comments] that violence is thé way to make a better day...

And who thought 'Mr Mad Max' wouldnot be able to become more violent than ever before, well: you are proven wrong!

But of course this is what the movie-industry has been doing for so long already: trying to be creative in more-and-more violence. And now they found a way in being even more creative with an even more violent movie; wrap the most aweful violence in a christian storie, shoot some nice frames of it and paste it frame after frame after frame; and... you have 'a winner'!

And all this is happening in a time we find out, that violence in movies is often copied by adults and children in every-day-life. The copying of 'violent scenes' is a normal phenomenon these day, for instance 'the Jack-Ass-effect' (children copying scenes from "Jack-Ass' and hurting themselves and others).

Even worse is that the 'spin-off' of it all results in 'total apathy' and 'total indifference to violence'. Violence is becoming accepted in every-day-life; on the streets, in the trains and subways, during matches, on the schools, on the job etc. Violence has become an accepted part of our every-day-life everywhere.

WE are 'the passion' of Christ!
With all the emphasis on 'the suffering' many forget that Jesus himself prayed to God: "O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt." (Matthew. 26:39)

Clearly Jesus would have preferred another way if possible, but God saw no other way. Still this doesnot mean God wanted Jesus to suffer!

And Jesus wasnot suffering because of the suffering, but because He gave himself for a new convenant between a loving God and us humans. And in this way Jesus became 'the man in the middle' that had to suffer for our sins of the past.

Jesus became 'the sacrificial lamb of God' ánd -as a result of that- our Highpriest before God. The highest form of sacrifice by both God and his Son Jesus, because they both love mankind and do not want to see them harmed or lost.

And this is the real 'passion of Christ'; the passion of both GOD and his anointed Son Jesus!

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