http://wildhunt.org/blog/2004/09/so-i-finally-watch-passion-as-part-of.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:35:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2004/09/so-i-finally-watch-passion-as-part-of.html/comment-page-1#comment-329 daniel richards Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:44:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2004/09/246.html#comment-329 I was quoted in a local paper and on the AP in a news story about the Passion, calling it a pornographic snuff film. I am an Episcopal priest and refuse to see the movie. The script (with photos) was enough for me to see that this isn't biblical or healthy, and you are absolutely right. It misses the point. The Exorcist is a far better film, though disturbing in its own right. At least there, you feel compassion, even fear and not glee at the suffering of another human being. I was quoted in a local paper and on the AP in a news story about the Passion, calling it a pornographic snuff film. I am an Episcopal priest and refuse to see the movie. The script (with photos) was enough for me to see that this isn’t biblical or healthy, and you are absolutely right. It misses the point. The Exorcist is a far better film, though disturbing in its own right. At least there, you feel compassion, even fear and not glee at the suffering of another human being.

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