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Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.
Kadūr ― W.H. Auden
It is Good Friday, the day on which Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus.
Today would be a good day to watch Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of the Christ in order to be reminded of what the Christ endured, in case you’ve never seen it. However, be forewarned that watching this particular film is something of an emotional ordeal.
Don’t be fooled by Andy Rooney’s absurd statement that he wouldn’t pay to see the movie “just for a few good laughs“, because I’ve seen the film and I can tell you there’s nothing remotely funny about it.
I find it almost impossible to believe that even an atheist like Andy Rooney would find something amusing and laugh out loud at a serious, realistic depiction of a scourging and crucifixion, when we know it is a historical fact that Romans used to do that sort of thing rather routinely.
Only a true sadist would find such an accurate reenactment amusing.
The movie vividly depicts what happened to people the Romans had decided to punish or execute, and it wasn’t even remotely funny.
Scourging and crucifixions were quite brutal and merciless, no matter how guilty the accused were — certainly no laughing matter.
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