The Passion of Christ

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Originally posted by Dravyk@Mar 12 2004, 03:34 AM
Any religious types, please avoid this blasphamous, horrible post that follows.


The whole passion play thing as well as the "guy nailed on a cross" thing ... has always been a weird thing.

I've paid my dues and I've "put in my time" being raised Catholic and having gone to parochial school for 12 years of my life, (for anyone who wonders from what background I speak.)

And it has always seem weird. "Jesus suffered and died for our sins." So let's make sure he suffered REAL good!! Beatings, thorn crown, spear in the side, nailed to the cross instead of the normal ropes, you name it. If he suffered, and we're horrible sinners redeemed from his actions, then let's make sure it was a whole LOT of suffering. And let's constantly remind people of it all the time. Every church interior is surrounded by the 12 stations of the cross, and the main symbol of the church will be a gigantic dead tortured guy on a cross above the alter, center stage, 20 feet to 50 feet high if possible. And let's make sure we do passion plays repeated every year during Lent. And every Mass make sure we say enough times how he suffered.


Ok. So ... how come they don't make "happy religions?" You know, like, the giant Kool Aid guy. Always happy, busting through walls, nice rosy complexion, and tastes good. Smiles and a party erupts every time he shows up. Now that would be a cool happy religion, I think.

In fact I'm switching tonight. Not sure if I want to join the Strawberry or the Grape Sect yet though.

Because man is fallen -- we have a flawed nature, and religion attempts to explain it. The reason we have such depressing religions is that religion deals with the issues of life vs death and good vs evil. And since everyone dies, religion is already faced with a negative....