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To: Ilaine who wrote (31813)	2/27/2004 7:16:46 AM
From: redfish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793624

The actress who plays Mary Magdalene has acted in two of the most violent films in history, and all in a span of a few months. The other one was "Irreversible," which contains a nine-minute rape scene that is supposedly brutally graphic. The reviews for that movie were almost exactly as favorable/unfavorable as Gibson's, but it didn't produce any howls of protest.

To: Ilaine who wrote (31813)	2/27/2004 9:09:20 AM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793624

I think it's richly ironic that the film critics who say that the movie is too violent are on record for loving Quentin Tarantino and "The Gladiator." Yes, that struck me too. Also, many complain about "lack of context" for the violence, but then it occurred to me that well, a lot of the audience is already familiar with the context - they read the Bible. And the front-page interviews with people who saw it indicates they liked it and "got" what Gibson was trying to say.

To: Ilaine who wrote (31813)	2/27/2004 12:37:49 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793624

People do have free will, of course. God is omniscient, right? Knows EVERYTHING? EVERYTHING must contain the future. The Bible prophecies coming events, right? I just pointed out an example- -the death of Christ. Now for those prophecies to be fulfilled, people must do things in such a way as to bring them about, correct? How can they have "free will" if that is what they are doing- -following a previously prescribed plan?