by atrick J Buchanan – March 3, 2004

On coming away from a first, full viewing of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” among the questions that came to mind was: What in heaven’s name was all the howling about?

For the all-powerful impression this emotionally draining film leaves one with is that this is what the Son of God went through for our sins and our salvation. Those who called “The Passion” anti-Semitic without seeing it, who tried to censor it and keep it out of theaters, and who trashed it as pornographic as soon as it appeared on Ash Wednesday have made perfect fools of themselves.