"Nexis" > wrote in message
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> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> >
> > "Nexis" > wrote in message
> > >
> > > The movie was gratuitous in it's use of gore, there's no question
about
> > it.
> > > In attempting to drive home the suffering, Mr. Gibson went too far and
> > made
> > > the whole thing overwhelming and the result is that one ends up numbed
> in
> > > the process. It would have served the purpose better to have less
> graphic
> > > violence and blood,
> >
> >
> > So Christ was not beaten as much? He did not bleed that much? If that
> was
> > typical of the violence that took place, it is accurate and should be
> there.
> > People were truly barbaric and truly did things like that. Why does
our
> > society soften real facts but let our kids blow the heads off of
> characters
> > in a video game?
>
> How do you know it was accurate? Were you there? I do not advocate
> "softening" the facts....neither do I advocate exaggerating them for the
> shock value. And video games have nothing to do with it.
>
> >
> > Too often we are changing the names of things just so they don't sound
so
> > harsh. Do you know who can parking the Handicapped Parking places?
> Crippled
> > people. There, I said crippled because that is what most of them are.
I'm
> > not full figured, I'm fat. I know it and so do people that look at me.
> I'm
> > also not hirsute challenged, I'm going bald. No fancy names needed.
>
> This is all beside the point, as eloquently spoken as it may be. If it is
> historical accuracy you seek, that movie was not it. He had much more than
a
> 2 sentence conversation with Pilates according to the scripture, for one
> thing.
>

There's no way to get historical accuracy for this story. Remember, the
*only* accounts of the crucifixion - and of Jesus's entire life in fact -
were written well after the fact and underwent lots of editing, with both
writing and editing done by people who were trying to promote a religion.


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Peter Aitken

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