Judy wrote: > It has nothing to do with history; this comes from > astronomy and RC Liturgy. There are two different > calenders and some disagreement so apparently they > use astronomy/astrology to determine what day to > celebrate Pascha
I'm starting to think that some have completely lost it in their Roman Catholic witch hunt. LOL. After this event, some Christians worked to separate Easter from Passover, so they do some calendar manipulation, but at the time Christ died, none of this was going on. The Jews used a lunar calendar and they used visual observation of the new moon to mark the beginning of each month. We know for a fact that the moon was just about full when Jesus was in the garden praying to his Father. Terry wrote: >> As He finishes praying, a large snake crawls up >> to him and He stomps on it's head. At that point, >> I was ready to walk out, but I am glad I stayed. Judy wrote: > The more I research the less I see a connection > between this film and reality no matter what the > masses say. Are you against artistic expression? Judy wrote: > Yesterday I thumbed through a photo/book of the > film at Walmart; At Gethsemane scripture says > "he fell on his face" so I would never picture > him looking as though he were baying at a full > moon. But the Scriptures also speak of him sweating as it were drops of blood, so falling on his face does not mean that he was always on his face. The film does show Jesus falling on his face, and this was when the snake crawled on him. You are reaching at everything you can to discredit and malign someone's sermon. None of us preach and teach completely and perfectly. How about some latitude? Judy wrote: > Also his stepping on a snake sounds 'hokey' > to me. The concept is a spiritual one that > this is inadequate to communicate. But wasn't it wonderful that he tried to communicate it through symbolism with an actual snake? Did you see the movie? I readily acknowledge that it SOUNDS hokey, which is why I was surprised at how well he actually did it. I found it rather effective. Having produced some films myself, I was rather impressed at how successfully he did this. Obviously it doesn't work for everyone, but it did for me. Judy wrote: > I was also surprised to see Jesus and his apostles > sitting on chairs around a table like we use at what > is supposed to be the Last Supper - even I know > (without research) that they used to eat in a reclining > position on pillows. Gibson has quite a sense of humor. In the film, he flashbacks to an early day with Jesus building a table. Mary laughs at how TALL the table is. How can anyone possibly sit at this, she says. Jesus demonstrates how, saying he will make chairs. She can hardly understand and says, "Oh, it will never catch on." I think it was the only time I laughed out loud in the whole movie. I think some of the other people in the theater did not understand her perplexity about the table and its height because to us it looks like a normal table, but seeing that you have this knowledge of history and culture, I think you would have actually liked this non-historical side note that Gibson threw into the movie. Judy wrote: > The clothing is also disturbing because women back > then used to adorn themselves by wearing ornaments > on their clothing and their garments were varied in > color (remember Lydia in the book of Acts?). In the > Gibson movie the women are all in black chador like > robes looking like a bunch of nuns and they have Jesus > wearing this brown raggedy thing on his way to Golgotha. > Where is the one piece tunic under the outer garment > that he wore or even the purple robe they put on him > with the crown of thorns at the Courthouse? Yes, he seemed to be weak in the clothing department. I could not discern the ribbon of blue at the bottom of the clothing that Jesus wore. Gibson did not make Jesus look like a Jewish Rabbi, but kind of like a homeless dude. :-) Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida.� ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
