The Passion of the Christ was a very inspiring movie to me and to others. The movie was about Jesus Christ and the pain and suffering that he went through in the process of being crucified. This movie was hard to watch for me because of the things that he went through. Which didn't really hit how until I saw it on the screen. Nobody will every know the exact way that it was but now people ... have an idea about it. I think that the movie helped people come to there senses about life ... Jesus was a righteous man who never sinned. Also the movie reveals to people how strong Jesus was mentally...

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... Spirit is a comforter it says in John 14:16, 17. If you obey me; and I will ask the Father and he will give you another Comforter, and he will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, for it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you do ... , for he lives with you now and some day shall be in you, The Holy Spirit does many different things and all through out the Bible it says the different things that the Holy Spirit does. The Holy Spirit teaches us, He brings things to our memory, He bears witness,...

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... attention to detail and study the bible complain that the movie is not true to what the bible says. This is most likely true. If that is true, then it is completely understandable to say that the movie is bad for Christianity because if not all of the material is true then the story looses some of it's dignity. The last argument is that the movie shows only Catholic beliefs. ... That is true because the movie was made by a Catholic, and as I understand it, the movie contains many Catholic traditions that are not mentioned, and even ... condemned, in the bible. That is why the last two a...

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... mares and made me want to physically be sick after seeing it. If not for the topic of the movie the violence and horrific blood shed would never have been allowed. The last part of Mr. Fournier's article discusses why, in his opinion everyone should see "The Passion of the Chris". The last paragraph states "The problem is not the message but those who have distorted it and used it for hate rather than love ... . The solution is not to censor the message, but rather to promote the kind of gift of love that is Mel ... ...

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... to heal and perform miracles, but the best example of the parallels between this movie and the "New Testament" is ET's resurrection. After his death, Elliot is saddened and tells ET that he will live on in his heart. With these words ET is brought back to life. As the movie ends, he boards the space ship and flies away. To me, this last scene represents Jesus" ascension to ... heaven after coming back to life after his crucifixion. I also thought the setting of the movie to be quite interesting. The world that the movie took place in was constantly changing. Spielberg did a fantabulous j...

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... to meet an Arab man that has raised four great white horses. Ben uses these horses to return to the Coliseum and confront Messala. Messala is so well known as a great charioteer, and has won the annual chariot race each of the last four years. In one of the greatest scenes I have ever witnessed, Ben Hur is able to defeat Messala, gaining much respect. Before Messala is ... killed he tells Judah where his mom and sister and prisoner. Ben Hur then rushes to see them in the cave that they are in. In order to ... power they had. There are a few events that I"m sure stick out in the minds o...

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... caused an enormous amount of controversy and disagreement. Gibson has ironically titled this film. It reflects the movie and also the response that the movie has received with the simple word "passion". He holds nothing back with this drama. It is one of the most violent movies ever to be released or given an "R" rating, and this is one of the causes of all the controversy. Roger Ebert feels ... that this is the most violent film he has ever seen ... the last twelve hours of death but on years before." (Martin). The National Review said that "any cinematic depiction of the Passion will ...

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... that her motives were pure, while the disciples are concerned with the overall value of the perfume itself. They still did not understand Jesus" message. The Institution of the Lord's Supper In "The Passion of the Christ", the movie flashes back to the Last Supper, where Jesus spends the Passover celebration with his disciples. Gibson stayed true to the synoptic Gospels for this section of the movie, highlighting the institution of the Lord's Supper, and the remembrance of Christ's actions after his death. This ... scene also deals with Jesus" knowledge that one of his ... ...

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The Passion of The Christ It is a religious movie unlike any other. There is no hint of the English language, no clear moral to the story, and contains enough blood to paint a house red. Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ", is a direct adaptation of the passion story as it appears in the bible. The passion story is the capture, enslavement; torture, crucifixion, death, and rise of Jesus. The movie does not contain any back-story, so anyone without ... knowledge of Christian scripture might have trouble understanding some of the subject matter. However, it is not hard to understand why .....

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... I believe, this film is dealing with more than the artistic, social, and religious contexts. The Passion of the Christ is a film about the last twelve hours of the life of Jesus of Nazareth's. The film open's in the Garden of Olives where Jesus went to pray after the last supper. Passion is a perfect word for the subject matter Mel Gibson examines in this film. It is indeed a movie about the suffering and pain Jesus undertakes, as there is ... almost no rest for us to breath. Artistically, "Passion" is unbalanced for it shows so much agony and brutality while almost no portion of ... ...

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... get what we had here last week - which is the way he (Luke) wants it. Well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men." Spoken with a heavy Southern drawl, The Captain of Cool Hand Luke addresses Luke's defiant and impervious attitude toward imprisonment. It is this attitude that lays the foundation to the theme of the movie, which I believe can ... best be summarized as a man's unwillingness to abide by the rules of society. Cool Hand Luke provides a historical visual window into the operation of prisons prior to prison reform. Similarly, the movie presents a Christ-like charact...

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... can be compared to Jesus Christ. And Jesus was the Son of God. This meant that he could do almost anything that was not humanly possible just because he had the power of God in him. This is why Luke symbolizes Jesus in this scene of the movie. They both can do things that are not possible ... for any other human to do. Also at the end of the scene when Luke eats 50 eggs, he lays on the table as if he had ... been crucified. His legs and arms were positioned exactly how Jesus' were when he was nailed to the cross. Throughout the whole time Luke was eating the ... him on and being by his...

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... important larger issues. Human cognition is also flexibly focused, which means that it can be changed. A good example of this is Victor in the movie The Wild Child. Victor transformed from being wild to human. Socialization is another one of the features of human cognition because it is a validation of yourself by other people. Social creatures need to be in a social world, that is what makes us human ... . An animal like a chimp for example, will only grieve a family members death when they see the corpse, but as soon as they walk away from it, they stop grieving over it. However, human...

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... mention of this meeting or of Zerah ever existing in the scriptures or in history records. The last few inaccuracies happen during the last hours of Jesus" life. Jesus was put through an extreme amount of torture during this time. I feel it is extremely important to get this part of the story scripturally and historically correct. This is the heart of the story of Christ and is the whole purpose of his birth. In the Garden of ... they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?" And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear." Jesus, even while being...

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... add another dimension. They are not consistent enough throughout the movie to be seriously considered for an underlying meaning. Second, the people of today's culture tend to have difficulty accepting things, especially things of biblical tie (i.e. The Passion of Christ). I believe therefore, the directors, the Wachowski Brothers, used the fairy tale references to downplay the overall underlying themes of the movie in order to reach the more common audience member's intelligence level. In order to ... get a difficult concept across to the audience, the directors sprinkled the movie with...

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... to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died". Ismail claims that Jesus surviving crucifixion was a surprise, just like Mark says, but he did not mention any versus before and after that. Mark 15:37 states, "With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last." This is a very clear distinction that yes ... , Jesus did die and it wasn't a surprise because it is laid out for you. There are other examples that Licona speaks of that Ismail is accused of for using this "cherry picking" fallacy, but this is one that stuck with me the most and felt was ...

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The extent of the accuracy of the film was unbelievable. To have the entire movie's dialogue be in Aramaic was the most incredible thing. Before watching the film I though that Mel Gibson might massacre the story by exaggerating or falsifying aspects of it but he truly did stick to the historic Biblical version. The only thing that wasn't exactly known to be true is the idea of Lucifer appearing to Jesus throughout his ordeal but I would ... , I did experience hatred towards those people. Do I feel like the Jewish community of today is in anyway responsible for what happened? No. And so, I wou...

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... the characters and what they mean. The first character is Apoc. He plays a very small role in this movie and quite frankly was inevitibly going to die. Apoc actually doesn't refer to any human in the Bible. He refers to the end of the world or APOCalypse. This is ironic seeing as that towards the end of the film, Apoc dies thus causing Cypher to believe that it is the beginning of the ... end. In the Bible, it is said that Jesus will ... room for the heroes. The origin of Dozer's name is that its the end of bullDOZER which is a machine. He and Tank both die showing the beginning of the...

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... what was going to take place in Salem. Elizabeth Proctor, wife of John Proctor is known for never lying. The Reverend's name was Rev. Hale. He had come down from Beverley. John Proctor is accused of witchcraft. But instead, confesses to having an affair with his housekeeper, Abigail Williams. Elizabeth is the type of person lives her life in complete honesty. She is condemned her ... husband, John when she had lied about the affair after he had confessed to it. She just couldn't believe that he ... had just done that. Her insight was the fact that, John wouldn't admit to still having f...

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The Hour of Catholicism: Social Analysis According to Rosaldo What ideas of social analysis does Renato Rosaldo reveal in Culture & Truth: The Remaking of Social Analysis? Are his ideas applicable to all analytical situations, or rather limited? Was I able to recognize his ideas through my analysis of the Catholic Church? Renato Rosaldo is a well-known anthropologist who holds a particular interest in the process of social analysis. In his work Culture & Truth: The Remaking of Social Analysis, Rosaldo attempts ... structured religious ceremony. There appears to be a guideline that is followed...

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... movies, thus capturing the eyes and ears of people of all ages and religions. Some of these references are different characters he use, their actions, or the quotes they say, all dating back to during the time of Jesus Christ. The battle of Dargolad that occurs in the beginning of the movie was symbolic of the Great War in Heaven, where Satan was expelled. In the movie Sauron and Gandalf begin to fight over the power of the ring. Sauron ... yearns to have possession of the ring because he can use it to become powerful ... ...

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... the machines and reclaim the Earth. The paragraph above is the outlined story of a movie calledThe Matrix? into which is very similar to another story that I have heard before, the story of Jesus Christ, the son of God, the saviour of all human beings. Referring this story of Jesus with The Matrix it will also provide adequate meaning into which these two stories relate. The reason for this is because the storyline of the ... Matrix is very close to the story of Jesus the ... 4:35-41, Mk 7:31-37) In the end of the movie though Neo is able to see the future in his dreams and dies from nu...

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... to do much research to find out how I know this. There were approximately 4000 years between the start of man up to the time of Christ's birth. Then for the last 2000 years after Christ, the church has risen steadily. So, in total, that is 6000 years of Jesus" teachings or the basis of his teachings, which have become more popular now than when than when they first started out ... book or movie ever made has ever come in close competition with this truly amazing story full of love, action, betrayal, miracles, courage, and even death. Such a plot can intrigue anyone of us and meet the ch...

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... subjects, so that they lead their people into bondage and make war upon liberty itself. (Hurd, City of God analysis) The differences in the two cities went past common values and into the reverence of the inhabitant's souls. In the City of God, the search for the truth is no longer, because the people have found God. They in turn live by God's will and perform God's work through their religion. In ... the Church was the most prominent part of the individual's life. The Church represented all hopes for their own future as well their hopes for their children. (Dietrich, St. Augustine, phi...

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... recently there have been claims that the chemical in the linen interfered with the carbon dating results, making the cloth appear much younger than it was. (Encyclopedia Britannica CD, 99.) Last August 26 up to October 22, 2000 an eight weeks public exhibit of the Shroud is scheduled to commemorate the JUBILEE Anniversary of the birth of Jesus. It will mark the fifth such exposition of the Shroud since it was first photograph in ... that the true identity of the Holy Shroud would be revealed by the Carbon Dating alone, as the usual way of predicting its age which can prove its authentic...

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