Jesus Scholars Find Fault in Gibson's 'Passion'

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Jesus Scholars Find Fault in Gibson's 'Passion'

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Mel Gibson (news)'s portrayal of the final 12 hours of Jesus in his film "The Passion of the Christ" has been hailed as the gospel truth by some believers, but many scholars complain that it is riddled with historical errors.

Their complaints range from inaccuracies about hairstyles and clothes to a lack of gospel context in the film which has raised a furor among Jewish groups who fear its graphic depiction of the crucifixion will fan anti-Jewish violence.

Gibson, who has denied the film is anti-Semitic, has said he consulted scholars, theologians, priests and spiritual writers before scripting the film with the aim of making Jesus's agony during the crucifixion appear as realistic as possible.

Many Christians see the film as bringing them closer to their religion. Evangelical preacher Billy Graham called the film "a lifetime of sermons in one movie."

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Jesus Scholars Find Fault in Gibson's 'Passion'

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1. but Gibson believes Graham will burn in hell!!

"No salvation outside of the Church" and that's the Roman Catholic Church... That's what Gibson believes.

Amazing that these fundies are hooking on to this.

BY the way, here's an organization on the fringes of the RC Church that Gibson seems to be affiliated with...

http://www.opusdei.org/

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2. It's not clear whether Gibson belongs to Opus Dei

I just did a quick search on the question, and this is what I came up with:

- Gibson's "traditionalist" brand of Catholicism has a definite association or overlap of membership with Opus Dei.

- The advance showing of "The Passion" to the Pope was arranged by a couple of Opus Dei membmers, and they were the ones who claimed the Pope had endorsed it.

- However, Gibson himself has never said that he belongs to Opus Dei, and there does not appear to be any hard evidence that he does.

Still, I was interested to see that the rumors are out there. It's something to file away for further consideration.