The Passion of Christ I just saw a segment on MSNBC's Scarborough County about the Passion and the Pastor that bought a movie theatre so his 'flock' could go to the movie in special showings. They had a few 11-13 year olds on the show, giving their reactions. First, a 12 year old boy claimed that he felt the Love of God after the movie. A 13-year old girl said that the movie depicted a true story, and that the violence wasn't anything new to her, comparing it to Jurassic Park and the Lord of the Rings. It was clear that this girls was reading a prepared script. The 12 year old boy was a much better actor. There was also an 11 year old girl who looked very angry and I think they decided not to let her talk because they couldn't control her tongue. She looked angry.

The 12 year old claimed that the movie shows God's Love. The pastor claimed that the movie is violent, but it was contextualized violence, and we're all desenstitized to violence because of MTV. C'mon, MTV only desensualized us to soft core porn and degrades our countries overall taste in music.

They also claim that there are people who "accepted Jesus Christ as their personal lord and savior" at the end of the screening.

Y'know, I'll have to see this movie, but I don't want to. There is a difference between watching an action hero blow away 30 or 40 people in a few minutes and watching one man being flogged for who knows how long. Of course, I don't think that the crucifiction is so important to the Christ story that it demands two hours of movie. These people in this interview claimed that it ends with the resurrection, but I've also heard that it ends at the burial. I'm trying to find out now.  ¶ 8:01 PM