I plan to see Gibson's The Passion of Christ this Friday evening, but am struggling with some objections I've heard. Rev. George van Popta of the Canadian Reformed Church at Ancaster believes that the film, in portraying Christ, breaks the second and third commandments. My parents tell me that it is a needless, sensational portrayal of violence (in order to create publicity, I suppose), a profane mix between Braveheart and sacred Scripture.

Now I have to decide what I think...