Your Interpretation of The Passion
Here I am, reading about Christian Pilgrimages and all of a sudden the words on the page sent me off and I just had to stop by and make a thread on it so I can go back to concentrating on what I'm...
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Honestly, no...but an interesting theory! I think it was just another descriptive word to describe the series... Xena was full of power, passion, danger and courage...I do love how one of the clips...
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I personally think the passion was as much to do with the passion that Xena as a character had for her beliefs and the whole "standing up for the weak" thing as it was to do with the passion between...
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I think we actually had a discussion once before on what "The Passion" means, but no one brought up the Christian meaning of the word. Actually this is a very interesting question, and kind of ties...
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Interesting points, LK. I can totally see the Xena/Jesus connection there with the crucifications and dying to save souls. (blah!) Of course Eli was also a very jesusy figure. I have one tongue in...
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Well, I have to admit that rewatching SOTP now I can see where some people saw a romantic spark between the two of them. Because there's definitely a "connection" of some kind. Ironically, the first...
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I actually wanted to start a thread about this but never got around to it. You should, because that would be a really interesting discussion. Especially if you take it one step further and discuss her...
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And before this thread gets completely sidetracked with subtext issues... Interesting points, LK. I can totally see the Xena/Jesus connection there with the crucifications and dying to save souls....
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Hm, well perhaps wait a few days then But no I think it would be an interesting discussion to have (not just because I'm studying the emergence of Christianity at the moment), and I have faith that we...
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Gabrielle also played the role of Joseph the surrogate 'daddy' of the the miracle child.
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Does Callisto's role as the baby-father have any Biblical parallel? One thing that intrigues me about this reallocation of roles is that Callisto, ostensibly, plays Judas, basically luring Eli to his...
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That would make her God, or possibly the Holy Spirit. She creates the child, and she is the child. Which would also fit with her resurrecting (through Eli) Xena and Gabrielle.
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