The Passion Of The Christ - My Review

[The Jays]

I have not seen the movie, but from what I have read and learned about the last hours of Christ, the Jews that hated him were the high priests, and they hated him because they were threatened by his very demeanor and his ability to influence others. In the Gospels, the others that call for his death vary in size, from a small group of people to a mob, the size growing from the earliest written gospel to the book of John, and the reasons to even have the crowd grow in size was because the Christian faith was struggling against other religions; and the Gospels were written to spread the Good News. So, they probably stretched the truth, and threw in a lil "Jews killed Christ" and, biggity bam! Converts!

But, it doesnt even matter who killed Christ in the end, because if you do believe in His word, a) he was prophesized to die for man's sins, and b) his message included forgiving and loving your fellow man, no matter what they do.

The Nicene Creed sums up what Catholics believe. Anyone who goes looking for Anti-Semitism is just looking for stuff to bitch about and be hateful.

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.