tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063106.post111198526904150597..comments2024-01-22T08:27:40.801-08:00Comments on project mayhem: the passion revisitedthe narratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774503436545764912noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063106.post-1112309239396468312005-03-31T14:47:00.000-08:002005-03-31T14:47:00.000-08:00hmmm...it's funny, i don;t know exactly how i stum...hmmm...it's funny, i don;t know exactly how i stumbled on your blog, but i was reading this entry, and i think the asnwer to your question why did christ have to die in such a violent way was to first of all prove the point that sin is serious and ugly deserves serious, ugly consequences, but also, i think the movie did a good job of making a statement that they could have kept wacking with whips and beating him and whatever else they wanted to do, and at any point he could have saved himself, but the point was that they did not kill him. he says that no man could take his life, but that he willingly layed down his life for us. a history teacher told me that jesus' treatment by the romans was much more harsh than the way they treated regular offenders, and that some historians believe that any other man would have died just from the beatings alone, and not even make it to the cross. who knows if that is really true, but i think that it is. the movie and the bible make the statement that jesus died when he wanted to die, because at any given moment he could have called down leagues of angels to save him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com