tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610171.post115479979463470233..comments2023-09-27T09:56:45.943-04:00Comments on The Burr in the Burgh: Mel's MeltdownPastor Scott Stiegemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673629123931502344noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610171.post-1155157464940416492006-08-09T17:04:00.000-04:002006-08-09T17:04:00.000-04:00obviously this will not color Mel's career...altho...obviously this will not color Mel's career...although it will be a significant mark in his tabloid history.<BR/><BR/>Obviously his actions are socio-politically as bad as rape, but his sins are still significant.<BR/><BR/>I think the large coverage of Mel is a result of many people in the Christian community championing Mel and the Passion of the Christ.<BR/><BR/>The Media wants to say "here's your hero now." Especially since their was controversy with whether or not the Passion was anti-semetic.<BR/><BR/>And you know, we as Christians need to teach and remind others not to build their faith on the foundation of people because people will fail.<BR/><BR/>Many of the large churches are built on a cult of the personality and they are successful because so-in-son is the pastor, and if these leaders fail then it destroys their faith.<BR/><BR/>Mel obviously needs help with his substance abuse problem. I hope he is able to work through that, and that he finds and seeks out God's presence in this situation.<BR/><BR/>--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.comRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610171.post-1154846902146077962006-08-06T02:48:00.000-04:002006-08-06T02:48:00.000-04:00I agree with your post as well. One thing that ha...I agree with your post as well. One thing that has bugged me since the release of The Passion is the insistence on Christians, in this case possibly even more Evangelicals than Catholics, putting a famous person on a pedastel because they have expressed that they are a Christian. The Passion was universally referred to among Christians as "the Mel Gibson movie." There tends to be such a hankering for Christians to boast that the rich and powerful are on their side. The higher the pedastel, the more the critics will delight in knocking it down, and the more the sin will be seen as the main representative sins of Christians everywhere (i.e., since they claimed such solidarity with him earlier, all Christians must be raging anti-semites).Kelly Klageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183748589797441794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610171.post-1154829132378644332006-08-05T21:52:00.000-04:002006-08-05T21:52:00.000-04:00And let's not forget the other problem that no one...And let's not forget the other problem that no one seems to be talking about: why is a married man, father of seven children, out drinking and allowing himself to be photographed with quite a few young women, most of whom are hanging all over him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610171.post-1154808222285728212006-08-05T16:03:00.000-04:002006-08-05T16:03:00.000-04:00Scott,You are right on, as usual. No doubt some w...Scott,<BR/><BR/>You are right on, as usual. No doubt some well-meaning Lutheran will take issue with you here though, repeating the unfortunate soundbyte that must be taught too often in our circles, "But a sin is a sin, right?"<BR/><BR/>Thanks for pointing out that there are distinctions in the severity and kinds of sins. <BR/><BR/>People would do well to learn the Latin phrases <I>coram Deo</I> and <I>coram hominibus</I> ("before God" and "before man"). I find it to be a useful distinction - that while all sins are equally damning <I>coram Deo</I>, not all sins are equal <I>coram hominibus</I>.Preachrboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058617284103464853noreply@blogger.com