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| Tuesday, September 23, 2003 |
Time to stop whining about the Passion: Steven Waldman, the editor-in-chief of Beliefnet, has taken to the digital pages of Slate magazine to scathingly criticize all the critics of Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion." "You probably won't find many Jews conceding the point that, biblically speaking, Jewish leaders were complicit in the death of Jesus," he writes. That's sure to rile a few Jewish groups, such as the Anti-Defamation League, who've taken considerable pains to challenge that assertion. Waldman's point is the debate over who killed Jesus is ridiculousness run amok. "Who cares? Theologically, the answer is irrelevant, which means Christians can stop blaming Jews and Jews can stop being defensive. And people of both faiths can get back to disagreeing about more important things like whether you get more presents at Hanukkah or Christmas."
Not for nothing, but we'd like to point out that we get more presents. Take that Mel Gibson!
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