conversation i had with heather about the passion

zachshack610: happy easter!
StRwBerrietWiSt3: you too
StRwBerrietWiSt3: whats going on
zachshack610: i saw the passion today
zachshack610: purely coincidence that it was on easter really
zachshack610: have you seen it?
StRwBerrietWiSt3: negative
zachshack610: i don't know if i would recommend it or not
zachshack610: i mean it's a really intense movie and if u're not inclined to mel gibson's views on this whole thing then it's just more trouble for you
StRwBerrietWiSt3: yah it seems reallly real
StRwBerrietWiSt3: dunno if i can handle it
zachshack610: omg u have no idea
zachshack610: and the thing is you can't not watch because it's him
zachshack610: i mean not really but idk, i felt like he went through all that suffering and the least i could do is watch this depictionof his death
StRwBerrietWiSt3: do you believe it
zachshack610: that that's the way he died yes
StRwBerrietWiSt3: but do you believe in the whol things
StRwBerrietWiSt3: *thing
zachshack610: i beleive that no man should ever have to go through what he did, and yet he did it willing in sacrifice for all of mankind
zachshack610: but i know this sounds horrible, i can relate to the people who did it too him too
zachshack610: i mean in some ways it's very similiar to mormonism, alot of people ridicule it and preach against it, but his teachings where very similiar, except on a much more surreal level
StRwBerrietWiSt3: huh
zachshack610: from the point of view of the jews that judged him and the public he was nothing more than a religious zealot, a nut case that thought he was a supreme being
StRwBerrietWiSt3: but obviously he wasn't
zachshack610: how can you not relate to that whenever you hear of some fanatical cult or unusual religious spectacle
zachshack610: of course
zachshack610: but if you were in their shoes do you think you could have seen that?
zachshack610: only at his resurrection was his messianic position established for everyone to see
StRwBerrietWiSt3: i dunno
zachshack610: don't get me wrong, i follow jesus's teachings and would give my life for him, but i can't help but see the other side of the coin as well
StRwBerrietWiSt3: this is true
zachshack610: and this movie other than reviving my emotions towards his death, also clarified my standing on the issue of why they crucified him in the first place
StRwBerrietWiSt3: does it make you want to follow him more
zachshack610: yeah
zachshack610: but it's like the opposite for my parents
zachshack610: both of them really didn't like it
zachshack610: they thought it took away from the reason he gave his life in the first place
StRwBerrietWiSt3: how so
StRwBerrietWiSt3: ia starbucks open
zachshack610: it was unbeleivably gory for one thing, more so than most of mel gibson's other movies that and the fact that it focused on the last 3 days of his life, and not his full accomplishments
zachshack610: ?
zachshack610: you gotta go?
StRwBerrietWiSt3: no, i just have to study and i'm not going to do it in the dorm, but its easter so iw as wondering if it was opened, i'm also reading all this stuff about the passion, not trying to change the subject
zachshack610: oh ok
zachshack610: i don't know if it's open
StRwBerrietWiSt3: me neiter
zachshack610: do you think u're gonna see the movie?
StRwBerrietWiSt3: i dunno yet
zachshack610: just so you know the entire thing is very very violent, for example there's this one really long seen where he is endlessly beaten with whips with barbs on the end
zachshack610: it's really horrible
StRwBerrietWiSt3: yah i dunno if i can handle it
StRwBerrietWiSt3: i have to go
StRwBerrietWiSt3: study time
StRwBerrietWiSt3: see you later
zachshack610: ok
zachshack610: bye

  posted by Unknown @ 8:03 ip.