(March 10, 2018 at 11:31 am)chimp3 Wrote:(March 10, 2018 at 11:12 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Ok.
Just so long as you don't see us as shitty people for "celebrating torture and murder", when in fact we dont.
I saw "The Passion of Christ" by Mel Gibson and saw that as a twisted celebration that a sick mind felt needed to be relived over and over again. I grew up in an old Catholic Church that had the stations of the cross posted on the walls and little old ladies touching the images adoringly. The yearly live performances of the Crucifixion story in churches (on Sunday, not "Good" Friday) certainly qualify as a celebration.
We value and remember the fact that He made the ultimate sacrifice and act of love, which is to lay down your life for another. Just as we do for war heros who die in battle, or otherwise people who get killed while rescuing another. But come on. That doesn't mean we "celebrate" the fact that He was tortured and murdered. What the Romans did to Him was an evil, horrible, sad thing, and is portrayed as such in the Passion of the Christ as well as in the Stations of the Cross. If you take the fact that we remember/value His willingness to die for us as "celebrating" His tortured killing, you are misunderstanding. Believe it or not, we aren't sadistic monsters.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
