Yeah I was wanting to see it first to see if I should be shown to my Expedition Rangers.
Commander Travis "CrazyOx" Maddox
From: "Bob Triphahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Travis Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [RR] Paul Harvey Comments on The Passion of Christ Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:27:24 -0600
Travis,
The film might be too graphic (from what I hear) to show to some of our Rangers (younger ones of course). Rated R for violence.
Blessings,
Bob
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Wayne Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [RR] Paul Harvey Comments on The Passion of Christ
I can't wait to see it! If it comes out on video I want to show it at Rangers some night.
Commander Travis "CrazyOx" Maddox
>From: "Jim Hufferd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [RR] Paul Harvey Comments on The Passion of Christ
>Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 06:17:50 -0800
>
>Paul Harvey comments on "The Passion" by Mel Gibson
>
>The majority of the media are complaining about this movie. Now Paul Harvey
>tells "The rest of the story" and David Limbaugh praises Gibson. Most
>people
>would wait and see a movie before giving the reviews that have been issued
>by the reporters trying to tell all of us what to believe.
>
>Paul Harvey's words:
>
>I really did not know what to expect. I was thrilled to have been invited
>to
>a private viewing of Mel Gibson's film "The Passion," but I had also read
>all the cautious articles and spin. I grew up in a Jewish town and owe much
>of my own faith journey to the influence. I have a life long, deeply held
>aversion to anything that might even indirectly encourage any form of
>anti-Semitic thought, language or actions.
>
>I arrived at the private viewing for "The Passion", held in Washington DC
>and greeted some familiar faces. The environment was typically
>Washingtonian, with people greeting you with a smile but seeming to look
>beyond you, having an agenda beyond the words. The film was very briefly
>introduced, without fanfare, and then the room darkened. From the gripping
>opening scene in the Garden of Gethsemane, to the very human and tender
>portrayal of the earthly ministry of Jesus, through the betrayal, the
>arrest, the scourging, the way of the cross, the encounter with the
>thieves,
>the surrender on the Cross, until the final scene in the empty tomb, this
>was not simply a movie; it was an encounter, unlike anything I have ever
>experienced.
>
>In addition to being a masterpiece of film-making and an artistic triumph,
>"The Passion" evoked more deep reflection, sorrow and emotional reaction
>within me than anything since my wedding, my ordination or the birth of my
>children. Frankly, I will never be the same. When the film concluded, this
>"invitation only" gathering of "movers and shakers" in Washington, DC were
>shaking indeed, but this time from sobbing. I am not sure there was a dry
>eye in the place. The crowd that had been glad-handing before the film was
>now eerily silent. No one could speak because words were woefully
>inadequate. We had experienced a kind of art that is a rarity in life, the
>kind that makes heaven touch earth.
>
>One scene in the film has now been forever etched in my mind. A brutalized,
>wounded Jesus was soon to fall again under the weight of the cross. His
>mother had made her way along the Via Della Rosa. As she ran to him, she
>flashed back to a memory of Jesus as a child, falling in the dirt road
>outside of their home. Just as she reached to protect him from the fall,
>she
>was now reaching to touch his wounded adult face. Jesus looked at her with
>intensely probing and passionately loving eyes (and at all of us through
>the
>screen) and said "Behold I make all things new." These are words taken from
>the last Book of the New Testament, the Book of Revelations.
>
>Suddenly, the purpose of the pain was so clear and the wounds, that earlier
>in the film had been so difficult to see in His face, His back, indeed all
>over His body, became intensely beautiful. They had been borne voluntarily
>for love.
>
>At the end of the film, after we had all had a chance to recover, a
>question
>and answer period ensued. The unanimous praise for the film, from a rather
>diverse crowd, was as astounding as the compliments were effusive. The
>questions included the one question that seems to follow this film, even
>though it has not yet even been released. "Why is this film considered by
>some to be "anti-Semitic?" Frankly, having now experienced (you do not
>"view" this film) "the Passion" it is a question that is impossible to
>answer. A law professor whom I admire sat in front of me. He raised his
>hand
>and responded "After watching this film, I do not understand how anyone can
>insinuate that it even remotely presents that the Jews killed Jesus. It
>doesn't." He continued "It made me realize that my sins killed Jesus" I
>agree.
>
>There is not a scintilla of anti-Semitism to be found anywhere in this
>powerful film. If there were, I would be among the first to decry it. It
>faithfully tells the Gospel story in a dramatically beautiful, sensitive
>and
>profoundly engaging way.
>
>Those who are alleging otherwise have either not seen the film or have
>another agenda behind their protestations. This is not a "Christian" film,
>in the sense that it will appeal only to those who identify themselves as
>followers of Jesus Christ. It is a deeply human, beautiful story that will
>deeply touch all men and women. It is a profound work of art. Yes, its
>producer is a Catholic Christian and thankfully has remained faithful to
>the
>Gospel text; if that is no longer acceptable behavior than we are all in
>trouble. History demands that we remain faithful to the story and
>Christians
>have a right to tell it. After all, we believe that it is the greatest
>story
>ever told and that its message is for all men and women. The greatest right
>is the right to hear the truth.
>
>We would all be well advised to remember that the Gospel narratives to
>which
>"The Passion" is so faithful were written by Jewish men who followed a
>Jewish Rabbi whose life and teaching have forever changed the history of
>the
>world. The problem is not the message but those who have distorted it and
>used it for hate rather than love.
>
>The solution is not to censor the message, but rather to promote the kind
>of
>gift of love that is Mel Gibson's filmmaking masterpiece, "The Passion."
>
>It should be seen by as many people as possible. I intend to do everything
>I
>can to make sure that is the case. I am passionate about "The Passion." You
>will be as well. Don't miss it!"
>
>****************************************
>
>(2) This is a commentary by DAVID LIMBAUGH about Mel Gibson's very
>controversial movie regarding Christ's crucifixion. It, too, is well worth
>reading.
>
>MEL GIBSON'S passion for "THE PASSION"
>
>How ironic that when a movie producer takes artistic license with
>historical
>events, he is lionized as artistic, creative and brilliant, but when
>another takes special care to be true to the real-life story, he is
>vilified. Actor-producer Mel Gibson is discovering these truths the hard
>way
>as he is having difficulty finding a United States studio or distributor
>for
>his upcoming film, "The Passion," which depicts the last 12 hours of the
>life of Jesus Christ.
>
>Gibson co-wrote the script and financed, directed and produced the movie.
>For the script, he and his co-author relied on the New Testament Gospels of
>Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as the diaries of St. Anne Catherine
>Emmerich (1774-1824) and Mary of Agreda's "The City of God."
>
>Gibson doesn't want this to be like other sterilized religious epics.
>
>"I'm trying to access the story on a very personal level and trying to be
>very real about it." So committed to realistically portraying what many
>would consider the most important half-day in the history of the universe,
>Gibson even shot the film in the Aramaic language of the period.
>
>In response to objections that viewers will not be able to understand that
>language, Gibson said, "Hopefully, I'll be able to transcend the language
>barriers with my visual storytelling; if I fail, I fail, but at least it'll
>be a monumental failure."
>
>To further insure the accuracy of the work, Gibson has enlisted the counsel
>of pastors and theologians, and has received rave reviews. Don Hodel,
>president of Focus on the Family, said, "I was very impressed. The movie is
>historically and theologically accurate." Ted Haggard, pastor of New Life
>Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., and president of the National
>Evangelical Association, glowed: "It conveys, more accurately than any
>other
>film, who Jesus was."
>
>During the filming, Gibson, a devout Catholic, attended Mass every morning
>because "we had to be squeaky clean just working on this." >From Gibson's
>perspective, this movie is not about Mel Gibson. It's bigger than he is.
>"I'm not a preacher, and I'm not a pastor," he said. "But I really feel my
>career was leading me to make this. The Holy Ghost was working through me
>on
>this film, and I was just directing traffic. I hope the film has the power
>to evangelize."
>
>Even before the release of the movie, scheduled for March 2004, Gibson is
>getting his wish. "Everyone who worked on this movie was changed. There
>were
>agnostics and Muslims on set converting to Christianity...[and] people
>being
>healed of diseases." Gibson wants people to understand through the movie,
>if
>they don't already, the incalculable influence Christ has had on the world.
>And he grasps that Christ is controversial precisely because of WHO HE IS
>-
>GOD incarnate. "And that's the point of my film really,to show all that
>turmoil around him politically and with religious leaders and the people,
>all because He is Who He is."
>
>Gibson is beginning to experience first hand just how controversial Christ
>is. Critics have not only speciously challenged the movie's authenticity,
>but have charged that it is disparaging to Jews, which Gibson vehemently
>denies. "This is not a Christian vs. Jewish thing. '[Jesus] came into the
>world, and it knew him not.' Looking at Christ's crucifixion, I look first
>at my own culpability in that." Jesuit Father William J. Fulco, who
>translated the script into Aramaic and Latin, said he saw no hint of
>anti-Semitism in the movie. Fulco added, "I would be aghast at any
>suggestion that Mel Gibson is anti-Semitic." Nevertheless, certain groups
>and some in the mainstream press have been very critical of Gibson's
>"Passion."
>
>The New York Post's Andrea Peyser chided him: "There is still time, Mel, to
>tell the truth." Boston Globe columnist James Carroll denounced Gibson's
>literal reading of the biblical accounts. "Even a faithful repetition of
>the
>Gospel stories of the death of Jesus can do damage exactly because those
>sacred texts themselves carry the virus of Jew hatred," wrote Carroll. A
>group of Jewish and Christian academics has issued an 18-page report
>slamming all aspects of the film, including its undue emphasis on Christ's
>passion rather than "a broader vision." The report disapproves of the
>movie's treatment of Christ's passion as historical fact.
>
>The moral is that if you want the popular culture to laud your work on
>Christ, make sure it either depicts Him as a homosexual or as an everyday
>sinner with no particular redeeming value (literally). In our
>anti-Christian
>culture, the blasphemous "The Last Temptation of Christ" is celebrated, and
>"The Passion" is condemned. But if this movie continues to affect people
>the
>way it is now, no amount of cultural opposition will suppress its force and
>its positive impact on lives everywhere. Mel Gibson is a model of faith and
>courage."
>
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