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Speaking of "The Passion," below is an e-mail that a friend of mine
forwarded to me.  Both her uncle and her father berate her for being
involved in the Church, and this in spite of them both being "cradle
Episcopalians" (neither of which believe much of anything).  Anyway,
just thought you might be interested in seeing the "persecution" that
some of our flock are subject to, even from immediate family.  This one
is from her uncle (I've edited her name out to protect her anonymity).
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Went to see the Jesus flick last night because Barbershop II has gone

   away already.  It may be the silliest movie I've ever seen.  [Name],
you  
   didn't miss anything by walking out--smart move--it never got any

   better.  The violence didn't bother me, just thought it was silly

   porno--it took them about ten or twenty minutes to decide to punish
him  
   and then the other two hours were nothing but beatings and torture,
with 
   slow motion, extreme close-ups of the spikes going in, blood spurting

   out, etc., no wonder that actor said it took him seven hours to get
the  
   makeup put on.   The good guys were all good and the bad guys (Jews)

   were really bad--ugly, with scowls on their faces like the old stupid

   pirate movies.  I think Mel Gibson must be one of the all time
greatest  
   con men, no way he could have gotten away with all that if it hadn't

   been about Jesus.  I can't imagine even the most ignorant of the

   Christian people taking that thing seriously and not seeing it for
what  
   it is.           

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