I haven’t seen The Passion yet. I haven’t taken the time to re-read the Gospel accounts either so I will reserve my thoughts on the swirling controversy until I can hold forth from a position of knowledge.
After having read two commentaries on the film and its supposed anti-Semitism I did want to say this:
Isn’t it curious that, by and large, the same people condemning this film as anti-Semitic and a piece of “pious pornography” are very likely the same people who daily damn Israel for defending itself against the same treatment the Christ received?
Maybe it’s just me but that seems awfully peculiar.