Agape4Robin said:Beanieboy, the movie was not about the brutality of man, but about the reality of the sufferings of Christ. To be honest with you, when I read the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, it was easy for me to disreguard the horror that Christ suffered. I just didn't grasp the truth of it. They were words on a page. Significant, but not identifiable. The movie made me ashamed that I had taken such a great sacrifice for granted and so I endeavored to study it more fully. Mostly to see for myself if such brutality against my saviour had taken place. In my studies, I realized that it had and I was guilty of taking His suffering for granted.
We can debate this until we are both blue in the face. I see the movie as a well needed wake up call to stagnant Christians. Perhaps non-christians could be persuaded to find faith, but I would not advise anyone to see it based on pure sensationalism. I don't believe that it was the purpose or intenttion of Mr. Gibson to make it so.
If Jesus was just stabbed to death, that wouldn't have been enough for you?
I am told that Jesus died for my sins, but from Christians, it's as if that isn't enough - it had to hurt, or it doesn't show how much he loved you, and the more he suffered, the more he cared.
But the bible says, "There is no greater love than he who gives up his life for another."
There is nothing about how much the person must suffer.