... re-enacted by bunnies. (Hint: Don't blink!)
(Thanks to Dave Barry)
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A new short film, The McPassion (playing now for a limited time through Lent), probably comes the closest to crossing the line of blasphemy without actually doing so. Created by a Christian (jointly with a non-Christian), the short attempts to explore the theme of commercial exploitation of religion, inspired by what some things they've seen since The Passion of The Christ (read their introduction to it). I assure you this will be painful to watch — prepare to be offended — but keep in mind that the object is not to commit blashphemy or sacrilege (however tempting it is to come to that conclusion) but to make a point against the commercialization of Christianity.
It's an interesting commentary — a quite pointed one at that. I can't say that I've noticed the level of commercialization of Christianity that they did, although the examples they cite (Chevrolet putting cars in foyers of churches and someone running a contest with a $1000 reward for who could weave references to the Chronicles of Narnia into their sermons) do seem to be genuine examples of abuses.
But boy, they did a good job in parodying commercial exploitation of Christianity...
What do you think?
