[quote:02af07ab8a][i:02af07ab8a]Originally posted by alwaysreforming[/i:02af07ab8a]
I can sympathise with your opinion on this, Scott; but I'm not convinced that it is "a different Christ" simply because the Roman Catholics interpret WHAT happened differently than we do. [/quote:02af07ab8a]
It has nothing to do with the way the RC's have interpreted the event; it is what they make of the event. From it comes their mass. The mass is a calamity that flies in the face of Christs claim that "it is finished". In the mass, Christ is again crucified for the sins of the world. It is, to Rome, not at all finished.
[quote:02af07ab8a] Also, I'm not sure we can hold those outside the Church to as high a standard as you're setting. This is not a pastor, an elder, or even a member of one of our churches. This is a secular movie star we're talking about. [/quote:02af07ab8a]
"Secular" is the key word! I will give you an example. Gibson could have quelled all the anti-semetic accusations if he had just consulted someone theologically sound. For instance, who killed Jesus? The Jews? Our sin? Actually, Christ said that he "laid down His life on His own accord; no man takes it, He lays it down".
Why didn't he just tell the jewish accusers this scriptural fact? I agree, we cannot hold the blind to sight. But it is our job as the seeing to clear the fog.
[quote:02af07ab8a]The fact that he got as much of it right as he did says much. [/quote:02af07ab8a]
My opinion, it is not the stages that are important; anyone whom reads the bible can figuire out what occured at Calvary and on the via de rosa. The content, the theological content is where the meat is at. This cannot be misconstrued; it is the gospel. get that wrong and you have it all wrong.
[quote:02af07ab8a] I think we need to allow Hollywood a bit of poetic license because that's their field, and thats their forte'.
I know that what we're dealing with is something as crucial as the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but I don't think we need to protest and cry "foul" when the opponent is not even involved in our same game. [/quote:02af07ab8a]
I disagree. This is exactly why the church is in the position it is in. We have mixed with error and the world.
[Edited on 2-25-2004 by Scott Bushey]