xhonzi said:

The Passion to me, as a Christian, is listening to someone else give a testimony of Christ that is similar to your own, but not quite the same. You focus on what you share in common, as opposed to what splits you... But at the same time, there is some really gorey stuff in that movie. They made a PG-13ish cut (it might still be Rated R, but the gore is toned down) which I haven't seen, but would prefer to try next time.

And here's my personal thoughts on the crime/property/violent defense topic. If you offer no resistance to criminals taking your personal property, you encourage the criminals to commit more crimes against more innocent people. You are morally obligated to do what you can (within the realm of your personal safety) to prevent a crime in progress. To most petty criminals, the possibilty of violent defense from the victim is much more likely to deter their actions than the risk of being found by the cops.

I'm not exactly a Christian myself but knowing that Mel is shouldn't he be following the big man's advice Mathew 5:40, Luke 6:29 and all that?

If you are in a club you should at least try to follow the club rules.

I wasn't surprised so much by Blatty liking the film more about his outward gushing about it.

The Passion (the blood and guts bit of the story) is just the penultimate episode of the tale.

The bulk of it takes place before then and almost everyone has a problem turning the epilogue into cinema.