Holy Toledo, and Santa Akron, but the SFGate Web site has a reasonable column on’t. Jennifer Nelson explains how the reaction to The Passion of the Christ shows the media’s disdain for Christian religion.
Excerpt:
No matter what your religious affiliation is, the story of Jesus Christ is an interesting and compelling story of human behavior. I am not Jewish, but I would love Hollywood to produce a major motion picture about Hanukkah, which commemorates the victory of the Jews over the Hellenistic Syrians and is an important lesson in religious freedom. But if such a movie were made, do you think the Hollywood elite would wrinkle their noses and ask, “What would propel Spielberg to make a movie about Hanukkah?” I don’t think so.
In the end, Gibson, who is a conservative Catholic, spent $30 million of his own money to tell a story he believes is important. Every week, movies are released that some filmmaker feels is significant. So, in the spirit of the message on bumper stickers I see on Volvos in Berkeley, “If you don’t support abortions, don’t have one,” if you don’t like Gibson or his religion, don’t go see his movie.
Johnk yeah!
