Why the World Wasn't Ready for 'The Passion of the Christ'

Two years ago, the film industry froze for months and focused on the most chilling and controversial piece of cinema ever to be produced in Hollywood. It conjured the evil, dirty, and unseen parts of the Bible that have always been sugar-coated since the first scriptures of the Old Testament. The Passion of the Christ crossed the line of ecclesiastical criticism and showed the naked truth to millions of virgin, Christian eyes.

The plot was basically "the part in the Bible where Jesus gets betrayed, tortured, and crucified? That's it. That's all of it." We live in a country where one of the rights we live up to the most is freedom of speech, but there are cases where one has to think that even though we are lawfully allowed to say what we want, we have to think about the consequences and from that make our decision to talk or not to talk. The film negatively impacted viewers, dismantling the beliefs and ideas they previously had, similar to the effect the DaVinci Code had. The whipping of Jesus Christ, the pure vileness surrounding the carrying of the crucifix, and a blood-curling ending is not something the world was ready for.

Shallow, innocent minds must be kept from any possible corruption, as it may stir up new ideas within them, often to plot against an idea. Religion today is becoming a less and less core and essential part of our lives. Films such as the Passion of the Christ act as a catalyst and advanced the process of religious obsoleteness in our wholly temporal world. We need some sort of guide in our lives, such as a path somewhat guided by a belief in God.

Crass footage of the film

Credit: Mel Gibson

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