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UMC Women say, ''see The Passion!'' By Linda Waggener Columbia United Methodist Women rode the church bus to Campbellsville on a recent drearyafternoon for a group viewing of The Passion of The Christ, a film detailing the brutal cricifixion of Jesus. The film swings from the extreme torture inflicted to his body by men, to scenes depicting the extreme goodness ofJesus during his work among men and women. Most members of the group admitted there were many times where they simply had to close their eyes, and one had to leave for the last half hour. But overall, the consensus of the group was stilla unanimous, "See the movie!" And Bessie Willis added, "It may be the greatest movie ever made." If you just arrived on the planet and haven't heard of The Passion of The Christ, youcan click on the movie website below for complete details: www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/ Personal opinion: The violence is punctuated by vignettes where Jesus looks into the crowd, sees afamiliar face and recalls a specific event. In those moments the true nature of theteacher and the healer are showcased in beauty and love and possibilities for peace. I disagree with reviewers who have said that the extreme violence overshadows the story ofJesus. I thought the contrasts actually gave strength to the story. The disturbing violence in the movie reminded me of a song verse my children have quoted, "...Men go crazy incongregation and get better one by one...". That came to mind when the Pharisees howled for the release of a murdererrather than see Jesus go free when his only crime was having spoken words with which they could not agree. Perhaps if we look more and more closely at the ugly, bloody results to the body from flogging, from nails being pounded through flesh -- or in modern times from bombs, gunshots, stabbings, or from a body being dragged down the road behind a pickup truck -- maybe more of us will stand against violence and stop it. I believe the first lesson taught in every home and in every school should be, "first, do no harm." That's what it seems to me Jesus was about -- educate, heal, do no harm. This story was posted on 2004-04-01 09:55:35
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