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12/14/2004 Entry: "christ" I really hate it when I'm accused of being an asshole for stating my opinion politely in a conversation following a movie about that movie. I don't see why saying "that's your opinion, but I disagree" is such a hard thing to say, especially when my opinion was stated very politely. I don't appreciate being attacked for it. Around certain people the only way to not have them jump down my throat is to never have an opinion at all. Anyway, I have this to say about the Passion of the Christ. It was a well done movie and it was entertaining. I giggled during the whipping scenes and other violent torture scenes (softly and to myself) because, well, they were funny. I've watched too many over the the top horror and random funny zombie movies like Dead Alive to get all upset watching some dude get whipped. It was almost cartoonish. I cringed a bit, but never did I think it was real life. I know it actually did happen back in the day, but I'm not about to cry about it now. It was implied to me that because I giggled during those scenes I would actually giggle if I saw it happening in real life on the street. That implication may possibly be the meanest thing she's ever "said" to me. You have to think pretty low about someone to think that they would actually laugh at that in real life. Secondly, supposedly the whole point of the passion being all bloody was to show us how much he suffered and how much of a big deal it was. OK, it did that. It was a crazy whole lot of suffering. I would never want to go through that, and no creature should ever have to either. HOWEVER, that type of torture is not the worst torture that's ever happened to someone, nor was torture of that nature rare. Do you really think that was the first and only time those whips had been used? People were fucking whipped to death, the movie said so. They didn't even use the big sticks with nails in it on them. Do you think it was first and only time someone innocent was crucified? They didn't even use the big sticks with nails in it on them. Medieval torture was worse than that. Jesus's torture lasted a few days. What about the medieval Iron Maiden where spikes are slowly cranked into your body over a period of hours or days, with the longest spikes going into non-vital areas so you stay alive, and finally being finished off by spikes into your eyes millimeter by millimeter? There were shit tons of devices like that in medieval times. The Vietnamese had their own brand of torture, where they pumped water into your stomach and then beat you with sticks until your gut bursts open. The Nazis did all kinds of crazy shit as well (you've all heard about having a glass rod inserted into the erect penis and then broken, right?), although I'll still wager medieval torture was the worst of the bunch. (You can read about some here if you don't believe me.) Furthermore, no one's even talked about psychological torture, which in conjunction with normal torture is a lot worse that simply being whipped and crucified. My point is that Jesus suffered a whole bunch, but no worse than the hundreds, thousands, possibly millions of people who have also been tortured in the past, and often tortured worse. He's not the grandest martyr, because countless nameless people, often innocent themselves, were tortured and punished worse. THAT's my only point. THAT is why the movie didn't not make a significant impression on me about his grand sacrifice. If he's supposedly dying for our sins, it should be the GREATEST sacrifice and the greatest torture ever. I don't see why the non-religious people that were with me jumped down my throat when I said "other people have been tortured worse." I'm not fucking saying what Jesus went through was old hat or not hot shit. As I said, no creature should ever have to endure that, and I'd rather kill myself. Fuck, what about in the end of Brave heart where William Wallace is fucking disemboweled? Y'know that kind of shit wasn't rare, and just because I'm not moved by some over the top gorefest of Troma proportions doesn't mean I wouldn't care about that in real life. Anyone who would think otherwise obviously doesn't think shit of me, and they can go fuck themselves if that is their true feelings. Oh, and Jesus was nailed through the wrists, not the hands.
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