Posted by Will Turner, Karaoke King at nat0.ucc.ac.uk on February 23, 2004 at 07:27:03:
In Reply to: Gibson's Passion for those religious among us.. posted by Gabe on February 23, 2004 at 01:41:02:
But I do believe in God. I know that's weird, but the closest I found to my beliefs was a line in Sikhims "All religions are a path to the same truth".
My personal feeling is that Mel Gibson is trying to quantify his faith with this film, just like Scorcese di with Last Temptation Of Christ and Kevin Smith did with Dogma. We live in a democratic society and I don't think there's a "right" or "wrong" anwser (although if I was Jim Cazaviel I'd lay off playing religious figures for a while!)
As soon as I see it, then I'll make my mind up. Regardless of your faith, I think we can all agree that as an opener to debate, it is a healthy thing to have in our society.
: Like my taste in music, most know my stance on religion. I won't get in to it, rather I'll present the question I had in mind. I'm watching the thing on ET right now about it; I never realized how graphic the film was. I haven't seen it yet but really really want to. Now, the question I had is do you find the film offensive? I live in South Carolina (upstate) which is the buckle of the Bible belt; we have more churches per square ten miles than we do gas stations. I was shocked to find that we will indeed be getting it at all of my local cinemas. I read someone on the board a day or so ago say in reply to someone saying the movie isn't coming near them "Why, do you live in Atheistville" or something.. It isn't Atheists you have to worry about, it's the Christians who are scared to open their eyes and see the way things really were. Anyway, that was my question, do you find it offensive, if so why? I'd like to know your thoughts either way.
: -Gabe