Rodent Regatta

Much is being made of a recent story that suggests Mel Gibson’s new movie is likely to be further edited before its premier later this month. There’s an entry and a string of comments on the World Magazine blog.

There are plenty of other stories and weblog posts flying around.

We’re nearing a point where we must think again about the purposes for making this movie. Otherwise, this ”current event” will undergo exactly the same polarizing debate that every other current event in the news gets.

It’s just very difficult for me to find any of the attributes normally associated with free, peace-loving faith when I read a story such as this. Looking back through modern history there is a long line of similar tragedies that happened in quite similar ways.

When a leader says, ”All precautions were taken to prevent such an incident, but this is God’s will. Caution isn’t stronger than fate,” questions should be fast and furious. Where’s the liberal media’s outcry about human rights, public safety and peaceful Islam?

>From 2003:

The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps. Proverbs 16:9 New Revised Standard Version

We plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it. It Pays to Take Life Seriously Proverbs 16:9 The Message

All I wanted to do was take a break from entering all of these part numbers. I fired up FeedDemon and what do I stumble into? Formulism.

Gary does a good job of summarizing the positions and the current efforts of this ”movement.” There is simply too much nonsense in the world for most people to ever really discover the Truth.

...is opening day for the movie, ”The Passion of the Christ.” I encourage anyone who has the slightest interest in the movie, the story, the Savior or the politically-motivated criticisms that have and will attempt to distort the movie’s message – I encourage you to read several articles to get a sense of who is most critical and what their motives might be.

In the any list of articles you’ll find high praise as well. There is a significant possibility that an otherwise ”secular” medium can be used for great good. Read both sides of the discussion.

Here’s an article from LilacRose that appeared in this morning’s news aggregator. There are more articles at this web site. It won’t take you long to discover the true nature of so much of our so-called mainstream media.

Don’t allow a single article to influence your views. Take a look at the movie’s web site. Then, read as many of the articles as you can to gain some broader view of how the movie’s message will be accurately or inaccurately portrayed. In particular, you can learn much about the heart of Mel Gibson from this article.