how does the passion=conversion movie? check out this quote

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  • Glickman
    *Insert Witty Phrase*
    • Sep 2003
    • 2673

    #1

    how does the passion=conversion movie? check out this quote

    well, doing a english rewrite, i found a article called "God in the Hands of Angry Sinners" and i said awsome! (i had to write about "sinners in the hands of an angry god" and "huswifery")

    and i found this statement to be pretty interesting.


    "In Gibson's film the union of the divine and human in Jesus is not explored or explicated. He is just a sponge for punishment. Which makes one wonder why so many call their viewing of the film a conversion experience. From what, or to what, are they being converted? From Christianity to philoflagellationism?"

    -Garry Wills, "God in the Hands of Angry Sinners"


    it would be cool to get a quote or two to put in my essay about this statment, so, anyone wanna argue against this?

    *note, used word "interesting" lets keep racism on the sidelines*
  • MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata
    Another One Bites The Dust
    • Feb 2003
    • 2246

    #2
    You just reminded me of John Edwards.

    and all he talked about was
    Love Will Tear Us Apart

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    • Pickle
      Carrier of the big stick!
      • Apr 2004
      • 476

      #3
      Mel Gibson was not trying to argue the divinity of Christ. He was trying to convey the sacrifice that Jesus paid for all of us. For Christians, and a few others, the movie was a conversion or a renewal of their faith because it deeply touched them when they saw the depth of the sacrifice that was made.
      "Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep."
      -Theodore Roosevelt, February 17, 1899

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      • TheFlamingKoosh
        I'm No Longer On Fire
        • Mar 2002
        • 1710

        #4
        Originally posted by Glickman
        philoflagellationism?"

        Wow... theres my word of the day....
        Hey Zero, how much did that Chipley cost ya?

        Originally said by Boggerman When I got married I thought it would go down too... The insurance, not the wife.

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        • slateman
          Registered User
          • Oct 2001
          • 1346

          #5
          Originally posted by Glickman
          Wow... theres my word of the day....


          Originally posted by TheFlamingKoosh
          Wow... theres my word of the day....
          lol!! But WTH does it mean???
          BrockSampson "I see dead people..."



          and once I see them, I make sweet, sweet love...

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          • Automaggin2
            Registered User
            • Sep 2002
            • 2506

            #6
            John Edwards was a tool. So was the great awakening.



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            • spantol
              Turgid Member
              • Sep 2002
              • 1024

              #7
              Originally posted by slateman
              lol!! But WTH does it mean???
              That'd be a belief system structured around a fondness for smacking others with things. Somewhat similar to philodefenestrationism, but arguably more violent.
              Last edited by spantol; 10-15-2004, 12:56 PM.

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              • logamus
                Registered Abuser
                • Dec 2002
                • 2346

                #8
                multi sylabic words make my brain hurt. i cant take the pain.


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                • Jack_Dubious
                  ubi dubium ibi libertas
                  • Apr 2002
                  • 922

                  #9
                  Theres a lot of floccinaucinihilipilification going on in this thread.


                  :)
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