Over heard some co-workers discussing "The Passion" and how accurate and amazing it was - how it was so incredible that Jesus gave up his life for their sins. How can they know how accurate it was if the writers of the New Testament weren't there AND wrote many years after the supposed incident AND Gibson worked off of interpretations (of interpretations of...) AND the scriptures were written and rewritten to serve a political function in the new and growing Christian Church AND the mechanisms the early Christians Leaders employed to support claims of validity could arguably be applied to support calims of validity for Mormomism and Islam. What Gibson has done is give the Church another tool for them to exploit and in the process make scads of money. He could feed quite a bit of homeless with 200 million dollars but he'll likely film a sequel, this time about the Resurrection. Hey Mel, how about a film about the Spanish Inquisition and the violence the Christians meted out?

Consider this: Your country has been invaded by the Romans. Your religion and your life exist as a whim. You try to maintain your routines, your prayers, your way of life. And then some one starts raising dissension. Did Jesus get what was coming to him - perhaps. We don't know. No one knows. However if I went to my neighborhood church and started preaching Atheism, started turning over tables, I'd be lucky if getting arrested was the worst that happened to me. I'd likely get my ass kicked or get lynched. While I was being lynched if I started saying that I was dying for everyone's sins would someone start a religion based on me? Didn't think so.